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
  • But the Demogorgon catches up, dragging Will into the decaying lair of Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), looking as menacing as ever.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Housing and child care costs have been rising, contributing to inflation in the New York metropolitan area that outpaces the national average, Gothamist reported.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Average worker pay only barely outpaces inflation — which remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 1 Nov. 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
  • Even the tamer shows are cause for concern, like Spin the Wheel, which puts quiz contestants in a large hamster wheel that accelerates with every incorrect answer, resulting in injuries or worse.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • This approach enhances the adsorption of lithium polysulfides and accelerates their redox reactions, thereby mitigating the shuttle effect and improving overall kinetics.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Arrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrows. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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