How to Use arm's length in a Sentence

arm's length

noun

• Take your thumb and hold it at arm's length from your face and close one eye.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
• With his other arm, the coach holds the student at arm's length.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 19 Oct. 2019
• Grab a dumbbell in each hand and hold them at arm's length next to your chest.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
• But the Crown Point defense was steady enough to keep the Kingsmen at arm's length.
  — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2019
• And the parent should be no more than an arm's length away, and not on a cellphone or a tablet.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• The idea of being an arm's length away from art just doesn't compute any more.
  — refinery29.com, 18 June 2018
• The Bucks kept battling back but stayed at arm's length until the second half.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
• Robinson hit a trio of big baskets in the fourth quarter that kept the Hornets at arm's length.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2021
• Their job, however, is not to run the place but to stand back at arm's length and have the museum run by pros.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 26 May 2018
• With that cushion, the Heat were able to keep the Bucks at arm's length until their flurry in the final seconds.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2020
• Youngkin won by keeping Trump out of his state and at arm's length in the general election.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
• Xavier kept the Friars an arm's length away all night in front of arguably the most hostile crowd Xavier's seen all season.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
• Happy appears to run to his wife's aide, pull the bobcat off her body and hold the cat at arm's length as the animal writhes in his hands.
  — Wilson Wong, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2021
• The second-year forward drew a foul on Gobert and his scoring play kept the Jazz at arm's length over the final two minutes.
  — John Coon, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
• Most entrepreneurs try to keep them at arm's length, valuing their money more than their advice.
  — Mark Gimein, The Week, 29 Nov. 2022
• So far, the Chinese leadership in Beijing has keep largely at arm's length over the bill, at least publicly.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
• Kentucky kept their Buckeye counterparts at arm's length the rest of the way, never letting the lead get smaller than nine.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2023
• And, bluntly, in the long-term, that will likely mean keeping Washington at an arm's length on many key issues.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 19 June 2021
• When does a vendor become a strategic partner, no longer at arm's length but seated at the table?
  — Eric Gilbertsen, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• People can almost come within an arm's length of the massive capsule.
  — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• The area depicted in this image is equivalent in size to a grain of sand held at arm's length by someone standing on the surface of Earth.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 July 2022
• Chubb also might just be good enough to keep Hunt at stiff-arm's length after his return from suspension.
  — Des Bieler, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• But Goumas also made direct eye contact with another set of birds that approached the chips, which were just an arm's length away.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2019
• Youngkin kept Trump at arm's length in the campaign, as did McAuliffe with Biden (save two joint campaign rallies), for reasons that seem evident.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2021
• Vickers flew under DeVries to within about an arm's length.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2017
• Others, however, are still keeping Leah — and by proxy, her sister — at arm's length.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 5 June 2020
• At the point of convergence, Jupiter and Saturn appeared to be just one-tenth of a degree apart, roughly equivalent to the thickness of a dime held at arm's length.
  — NBC News, 22 Dec. 2020
• Remember that your clenched fist held at arm's length measures roughly 10 degrees in width.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 29 May 2018
• For years, pianist Fred Hersch kept his two identities at arm's length from each other.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2017
• The Vatican under the past two popes had kept the Way at arm's length because of its unusual liturgical practices.
  — Fox News, 5 May 2018

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024