ARMFUL


Meaning of ARMFUL in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He reckoned the armful of red roses would have cost the policeman his week's wages.

Julius returned several minutes later, with an armful of blankets.

Marge trailed behind him with an armful of hastily gathered clothing.

She imagined herself turning up at Alan's bedside with an armful of freesias and went hot all over.

So I gradually amassed armfuls of small twigs, which I carried back to my cave.

Sweet Kip, she called him, presenting him an armful of irises and tulips.

There were women who had armfuls of them.

When she came into the house with armfuls of lilies, he complained that the house looked like a church funeral.

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