arrows

present tense third-person singular of arrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrows
Verb
  • Williams simply outruns Newsome.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alex is a cop, and his partner, Dwayne (Brandon Jay McLaren), begins to tell him about how nothing ever happens in the town when Riley, a shoeless bloody escapee from the Tall Pines facility, darts into the road in front of their cruiser.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In a surveillance video released by authorities, Robinson allegedly darts across the roof after firing the single shot, jimmies down to a ledge and jumps to the grass below.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But director Kurtis David Harder (Influencer) imbues the proceedings with a slow-boiling paranoid energy that slowly overtakes the film.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Another task, another job, becomes unavoidable when an explosion of cats and kittens overtakes the property.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After weeks of lying and searching for solace through the grief of others, her inability to move on catches up with her.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But when his past catches up with him, he is confronted with the ultimate test.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And with a two-second read time, the Sizzle outpaces cheaper generic models, which typically take four seconds or more.
    Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
  • With almost $344,600 in cash on hand at the end of the quarter, Hollier outpaces two other Democratic candidates, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie, by sizeable margins.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the tickets are free, which means demand regularly outstrips supply.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This pace outstrips the rate of underlying consumer spending growth by tenfold, underscoring its centrality to both market performance and broader economic data.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In New York City, Jennifer Lopez makes a late-night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Mindy Kaling celebrates a pop-up and Taylor Swift steps out for dinner.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement In the final shot of the season, Max steps out of the bunker.
    Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over 98% of Grab’s engineers now use AI to code, which accelerates their development cycles.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Even under a bullish scenario where the company accelerates to a 60% 4-year CAGR, the stock would need to trade at 27x CY28E revenue just to justify its current price.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Arrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrows. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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