How to Use in arms in a Sentence

in arms

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• White children and white babes in arms were there.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
• For its part, the navy has lagged in arms purchases.
  — Germán Padinger, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
• Medvedev was up in arms over the decision.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Naturally, some right-wingers were up in arms about the pick.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
• What’s basic has long had the neo-Austrians up in arms.
  — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• This has led to short-term delays in arms contracts and procurement.
  — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
• In the years since, the two countries have done roughly $20 billion in arms sales.
  — Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2025
• Here are some of the highlights and lowlights that had residents up in arms or arm in arm in the past year.
  — Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
• People got all up in arms about some of the songs Bob Dylan wrote back in the day, too.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
• Tongues wagging across the country, everyone up in arms over the scandal.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
• The federal government is up in arms over dirty money.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
• That’s a direct message to fans who have been up in arms since LaPaglia was fired in June.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Naturally, fans were up in arms on the internet with their displeasure at the news.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
• When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
• Enthusiasts are up in arms, concerned that the electric future will be boring, silent, and soulless.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Mar. 2026
• Especially after the Wagner kiss, people are all up in arms.
  — Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
• But global interest in arms control waned in recent decades, Sokov said, as has the fear of a nuclear apocalypse.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
• This personality transplant isn’t the only notable deviation likely to get the book’s purists up in arms.
  — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
• Just like soldiers in battle, this group of boys is forced to bond in order to survive, and there are many times that one contestant is about to give up hope, only to be saved by one of his brothers in arms.
  — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• When Sanchez Vicario, ever the wily veteran, takes an extended bathroom break just as Venus has her on the ropes, the audience is up in arms.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
• To see why, simply consider the $20 billion expended to make the purchases that presently have the FTC so up in arms.
  — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• But Chargers fans are already up in arms about this divisional bout after seeing pictures of the field at Neo Química Arena.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• Ukrainian officials are in Washington to discuss sharing that expertise in exchange for potentially billions of dollars in arms sales.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• Yet conservatives were up in arms that the Puerto Rican musician was chosen to headline America’s biggest night.
  — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
• Naturally, New England, the Dunkin’ capital of the world, is absolutely up in arms, jumping to defend their beloved coffee.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
• Already outraged by the decades-long wait for the park, the local community is up in arms over the prospect of 100 stories of concrete and glass looming over Bushwick Inlet.
  — Katherine Thompson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Framed as a synthetic talent by the company Particle6, the entertainment industry is up in arms over the threat Norwood could pose to real actresses.
  — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Nov. 2025
• Residents’ transmission concerns Still, residents of the areas where the 765-kV power lines could go are up in arms over the disruption in their own backyards.
  — Claire Hao, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
• So many Chicago White Sox fans are already up in arms over the team’s ice-cold start, which got even colder Wednesday after a 10-0 loss in Miami.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
• High-profile stars and politicians of all creeds have been up in arms and ABC owner Disney has come in for particularly stern criticism over the very live situation.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025