Example Sentences

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Strong high pressure is arching north into the Pacific Northwest, keeping Western Washington dry and stable on Friday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Phil Collins is arching an eyebrow on the cover of his new memoir, as if to let you know he’s in on the joke.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2016

A woman, in a stretcher, is arching her back in pain.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2014

The bridge, that is, arching slow and high into space, between silence and nothingness where lights—yellow and red and green—trembled in the clear air, repeating themselves.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner