arrows

present tense third-person singular of arrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrows
Verb
  • Cut the unit cost of something useful and demand outruns the cost cut.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The possibility of uncertain thought, where the speed of the pen outruns the fine control in the effort to write as fast as one thinks, and one gains a productive illegibility.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
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
  • Make the 35-minute drive out to Natick to visit Bosse, a state-of-the-art indoor facility with 21 pickleball courts, a golf simulator and darts lounge.
    Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Motorway overtakes require a firm prod of the throttle, while the automatic gearbox can occasionally hesitate before responding.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • As regenerative agriculture overtakes traditional organic labels in popularity, Lewkowitz highlighted the unique challenges American growers face.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • LinkedIn gives you an unprecedented opportunity to build a leadership reputation long before your title catches up.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • As the past timeline catches up to the wedding chaos in the present on the six-episode HBO/BBC drama, Ruben (Gadd) makes a startling admission to Niall (Jamie Bell) during a prison visit.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • That could give the company a significant advantage in the race to build a quantum device that outpaces any machine in existence at certain problems.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 2 June 2026
  • When inflation outpaces that, Cole added, your purchasing power declines.
    Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • As a result, the need for these housing programs vastly outstrips the supply.
    Pelle G. Tracey, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Yet the analysis highlights how the rising cost of middle-class benchmarks outstrips typical earnings, challenging families to rethink, adapt, and redefine what success means in a changing America.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Luke Evans steps out in New York City on June 13.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • It is trained on the internet, and the internet is not the whole world, as anyone who steps out into nature very quickly realizes.
    Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When an Arietid streaks across the daytime sky, the ionized trail will bounce distant signals right into the antenna, resulting in an eerie short burst of music or voice breaking through the static.
    Jules-Pierre Malartre, Space.com, 8 June 2026
  • At four thirty, pink streaks the sky, like the time mama stepped on the brakes too fast at an intersection and the tires scraped the road black.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
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“Arrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrows. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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