How to Use arrive in a Sentence
- The mail hasn't arrived yet.
- They arrived late at the party.
- There's always a lot to do when spring arrives.
- He arrived home at six o'clock.
- The new version of the software has finally arrived in stores.
- We had some dinner before arriving at the station.
- When is their baby expected to arrive?
- When do you expect them to arrive in Boston?
- The train from New York is now arriving.
- Their flight is due to arrive at 11:30.
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Now, fans know when new episodes will arrive.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
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The first episode arrives tonight.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
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It was set to arrive the day after the bombs fell.
—Jack King, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
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Police arrived to find a man dead at the scene.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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When deputies arrived, Peace had been shot in the chest.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 8 June 2026
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The fire was put out about a half hour after crews arrived.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
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Deputies arrived and saw the man still driving around the lot.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
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With full force, a new season has arrived.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
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Stores deal with things like theft and goods that arrive damaged.
—Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026
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The drugs arrived at his doorstep, no questions asked.
—Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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Then, watch as the hummers arrive in droves.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
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Crews arrived and found flames on the first floor of a two-story rowhome.
—Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 23 June 2026
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Deputies arrived at the home, but the ex-boyfriend had already left.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
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Do the work before guests arrive.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
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By the main course, most tardy guests have managed to arrive, but not all.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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The pole shift would arrive by 1999.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026
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But the idea was at some point, to arrive at a kind of transcendence.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
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Kelsey knew she’d one day be caught in the middle of these two, and now that day has arrived.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026
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Fans arrived early and many took a free shuttle.
—Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
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To attend, astronomers young and old arrived from near and far.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
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The first fish arrive in waves.
—Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
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One of the three arrives with a gift for you.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
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When does the next round of cold air arrive?
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
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But anger and a sense of loss arrive like a storm.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 May 2026
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By the time evening arrives, air raid sirens once again cut through the city.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
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Before the ten arrive, eight more hunters are sent from the barn to the blind.
—Ed Zern, Field & Stream, 28 Nov. 2020
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How much longer will this cold air linger and when does our next arctic cold front arrive?
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
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Grilled meats, mezze, and fresh catch arrive with live music that settles the evening.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Guests on the tour arrive at the Alpine Creek Lodge for lunch.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2022
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The video shows three more people in uniform arrive, none wearing masks.
—oregonlive, 2 July 2020
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Though bags of fan mail arrive to his doorstep each week, not all former colleagues had rave reviews.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
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Most of that work unfolds before the cameras arrive.
—Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
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As the first signs of spring arrive, homeowners are eager to get the garden and lawn in shape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
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When Will, Rich, and Marge arrive, the club is bumping.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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The two arrive at their concert, get off their bikes, and walk out together onto the stage.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
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Seeing a code arrive by text or email can feel reassuring.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
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When rains and warmth arrive, the endosperm digests itself and shunts food to the growing seedling.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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The Crains arrive hoping to fix it up and sell it, but things don’t go exactly as planned.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
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Twelve gather on one blanket while another eight arrive by boat.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
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The jeans arrive cuffed, allowing parents to release length over time.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
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That needs to happen before sustained winds of 25 mph arrive.
—Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
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By the time the police arrive, the women have emptied the house and exited out the back.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
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The outer bands of baseball season arrive this weekend, and not a moment too soon.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
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Less chance of forgetting what happened in the first two batches of episodes before the third arrives.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
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The video shows people running to their cars and driving away before police arrive.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
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Service lawn care equipment before spring arrives.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
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This year’s sales arrive, as always, at something of an inflection point for the market.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 May 2026
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But not just because there’s nothing cooler than when the stars of tomorrow arrive.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
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Whether one lead or ten thousand arrive at once, the response is instantaneous.
—Arnold Sotelo, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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We all kind of arrive at our own definition of what reality and truth are.
—Ed Masley, azcentral, 11 May 2018
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