Examples of arrival in a Sentence
They were awaiting the arrival of guests.
When is the mail scheduled for arrival?
They track the number of airport arrivals and departures.
They were late arrivals at the party.
They are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their wedding day.
the changes that occur with the arrival of spring
the arrival of new technology
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Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night That Split the Sixties, the 141-minute film follows the singer-songwriter from his arrival in New York City in 1961 to his controversial performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
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Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Following the birth of their first daughter, Jupiter, in 2021, Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French became parents once more with the arrival of baby Emerson on Sept. 6, 2024.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This time, the director takes a more intimate approach, following a young Bob Dylan (played by Timothée Chalamet) from his first arrival in New York in 1961 to his infamous electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
—Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The big change occurred somewhere around the Newport concert, and the arrival of the Beatles and The Stones, and the worsening of the Vietnam War, and the assassinations, and Woodstock, became demarcations of of a dramatic cultural shift.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Following the birth of their first daughter, Jupiter, in 2021, Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French became parents once more with the arrival of baby Emerson on Sept. 6, 2024.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This time, the director takes a more intimate approach, following a young Bob Dylan (played by Timothée Chalamet) from his first arrival in New York in 1961 to his infamous electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
—Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The big change occurred somewhere around the Newport concert, and the arrival of the Beatles and The Stones, and the worsening of the Vietnam War, and the assassinations, and Woodstock, became demarcations of of a dramatic cultural shift.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Arrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrival. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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arrival
noun
ar·riv·al
ə-ˈrī-vəl 
1
: the act of arriving
await the arrival of guests
2
: a person or thing that has arrived
late arrivals at a concert
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