How to Use arm's length in a Sentence
arm's length
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Take your thumb and hold it at arm's length from your face and close one eye.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
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With his other arm, the coach holds the student at arm's length.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 19 Oct. 2019
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Grab a dumbbell in each hand and hold them at arm's length next to your chest.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
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But the Crown Point defense was steady enough to keep the Kingsmen at arm's length.
—Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2019
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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
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The idea of being an arm's length away from art just doesn't compute any more.
—refinery29.com, 18 June 2018
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The Bucks kept battling back but stayed at arm's length until the second half.
—Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Youngkin won by keeping Trump out of his state and at arm's length in the general election.
—Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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Most entrepreneurs try to keep them at arm's length, valuing their money more than their advice.
—Mark Gimein, The Week, 29 Nov. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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People can almost come within an arm's length of the massive capsule.
—James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Vickers flew under DeVries to within about an arm's length.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2017
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Others, however, are still keeping Leah — and by proxy, her sister — at arm's length.
—Jodi Walker, EW.com, 5 June 2020
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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
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Remember that your clenched fist held at arm's length measures roughly 10 degrees in width.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 29 May 2018
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For years, pianist Fred Hersch kept his two identities at arm's length from each other.
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2017
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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
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