arrows

present tense third-person singular of arrow

Example Sentences

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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
  • This far outpaces The Beatles' records from the 1960s, even when adjusted for inflation.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The bigger concern is the debt-to-GDP ratio, projected by the CBO to hit 156% by 2055, reflecting spending that far outpaces growth.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 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
  • This approach lowers costs, accelerates delivery, and — by integrating superior technology on these platforms at scale — ensures that America has both the fleet size and the industrial depth needed to respond to a crisis.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As the sins of the past come to the surface, the film only accelerates, providing high entertainment and thematic resonance all at once.
    Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Arrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrows. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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