Example Sentences

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Defence sources subsequently confirmed that Israel had been arming the Abu Shabab clan with Kalashnikov rifles, including some that had been seized from Hamas.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

President Roosevelt had been arming and supplying Britain for more than a year.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2019

In July he had been arming to fight Carson's rebels when the outbreak of the European War disappointed him.

From What Not A Prophetic Comedy by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

For three years the Transvaal had been arming to the teeth.

From The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The powers that worked against liberty had been arming themselves, not merely for a generation or a century, but since the beginning of time, for just this trial of strength.

From The High Heart by King, Basil