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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of arch
Adjective
They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists. Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Soft cushioning and arch support keep your feet from aching after a day of sightseeing, and their silhouette is both slimming and easy to slip on and wear around your villa on the French Riviera or out to dinner and drinks in Nice or Antibes. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
The property was built as a private home in the 1930s by Pedro Castellanos, a leading Guadalajara architect, and has retained the characteristic plaster arches and central spiral staircase. David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 My head slumps, my back arches, my pedal stroke becomes an uncoordinated bounce. Frederick Dreier, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
Theoretically, the over-arching upgrade is his ability to move much better than Porter — as a driver and secondary ball-handler, as a defender, as a catch-and-shoot threat using off-ball screens to get free. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 The Methodist church, a white wedding cake built in 1929, was a total loss; the town’s oldest commercial building, a grand colonnaded structure from 1924, looked like the Roman Forum, arches yawning around a central void. Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arch
Adjective
  • Those designing the new main building decided to cut that association, the aim being to make the first-team facilities an area players must aspire to enter.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, Zacapa, the premium main sponsor of spirits at LAFS, will once again present the Visionary of the Year Award during the summit’s closing cocktail ceremony.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The initial idea was Woltemade and Yoane Wissa would dovetail minutes wise, with the former Brentford striker expected to start more often in the short term to allow the German a period to acclimatise.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And speaking of which, Christmas is right around the corner, and we parents are already stretched thin budget-wise.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • During the preview, a mischievous group of young diplodocus splash in the water around a pair of kayaking guests, while other juveniles like the triceratops are more cautious in nature, choosing to stick close to their parents.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Engage the core to help keep the lower spine curvature neutral and not rounded or slouched.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The screen’s bulk and curvature strain outward to encroach upon viewers, who watch from tiered bleachers enclosed on three sides by a chain-link fence.
    Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In that moment, Dupree involuntarily punches him and the pair go quiet as Dooley cusses and bends over wincing in pain.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Crows bend twigs to hunt; Homo erectus chipped stones to cut.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here the set becomes a comedy generator, a set of curving sides that Reeves can lean against and slide bonelessly down.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Roll up each triangle, starting at wide end, and curve edges slightly to form a crescent shape.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Newcastle were short of midfield cover and Ramsey, with his dynamism, athleticism and positive attacking mindset, gives them a fresh option.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nicole Kidman sported bangs with a fresh new wavy cut for the SS26 Chanel Runway Presentation for Paris Fashion Week.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For some, that Friday will be extra wicked, but for a good reason.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
  • As if Minos inspired such hatred, such fear and disgust, that the feelings themselves boiled up from Daedalus’s heart and gushed out through the tap to cook the wicked king alive.
    Seamus Sullivan September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Arch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arch. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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