How to Use armband in a Sentence

armband

noun
  • The cloth used to bind the man's hands appeared to be a white armband.
    Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Someone runs out of the building and drags the man with the yellow armband out of the street.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Someone ran out of the building and dragged the man with the yellow armband out of the street.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The man with the armband got his team out of Mexico City with a point.
    cleveland.com, 12 June 2017
  • Denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Lavelle, who wore the captain's armband, scored in 39th minute.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Lavelle, who wore the captain’s armband, scored in 39th minute.
    Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • On Sunday, Valeri wore the armband for the first 78 minutes of the game.
    Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Why did these teams back down from wearing the armband?
    Armani Syed, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Catchers wore armbands with the details to keep it straight.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The Yankees will wear black armbands on their jerseys for the rest of this season.
    Ronald Blum, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But what caught fans’ eyes was a white armband ‘Set sported on his left arm.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The armband has a USB rechargeable battery that has up to 30 hours of battery life.
    Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Ellis said of Lloyd, who wore the captain’s armband against Chile.
    Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • Júnior Urso — who wore the captain’s armband for the evening — was the sole Orlando City player over the age of 30 on the pitch at the start of the game.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 7 July 2021
  • Julie Ertz wore the captain’s armband for her 99th appearance with the team.
    Anne M. Peterson, SFChronicle.com, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Julir Ertz wore the captain’s armband for her 99th appearance with the team.
    Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Ten Hag would be able to argue that the captain’s armband still demonstrates his value to the club.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 14 May 2022
  • An all-weekend armband is $15 for adults and $10 for students.
    al, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Users must be able to wear the armband for at least three hours and log at least two hours of sleep to get accurate results.
    Latifah Miles, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Not long after, she was sent home from school for wearing an armband to protest the Vietnam War.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2017
  • In the 67th minute, Becky Sauerbrunn met Ertz on the sideline and put the captain's armband on her before giving her a hug.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The Dutch were the first to announce publicly that captain Virgil van Dijk would not wear the armband.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • For the first two games, German captain Manuel Neuer wore a rainbow armband.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • Armed with armbands and a simple, short lease, handlers could be seen trotting to showcase the right pace for a dog's breed and build.
    Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018
  • The armband must be intact, show no signs of tampering, and must not have been altered in any way.
    Aegis Staff, baltimoresun.com, 15 July 2021
  • Pulisic was given the captain’s armband for the eighth time, matching Tyler Adams, also just 23.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In the Tinker case, the court ruled in favor of five Iowa students who wore armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam after the school board banned the armbands.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Fox’s sculptural ensemble came with a matching armband and leg wraps.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 1 July 2024
  • In Harvard Yard that June, graduates protested the war by refusing to don cap and gown, or else by wearing white armbands over their robes.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 23 May 2024

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