How to Use armful in a Sentence

armful

noun

• And no one needs a movie that leaves them with an armful of air.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Nov. 2021
• The Queen of Rosaria, Mya Brazile, held an armful of flowers and posed in her tiara.
  — oregonlive.com, 26 June 2019
• The man left the store with an armful of clothes without paying.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• Kris had to carry armfuls of bubbles out the front door.
  — Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 9 May 2023
• This is the store where Eleven goes and steals an armful of frozen Eggo waffles.
  — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 3 July 2019
• Yet another ran from the store with an armful of shoes and clothing.
  — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
• The pursuit of both loves has resulted in an armful of Grammys and Junos.
  — Marisa Arbona-Ruiz, NBC News, 17 May 2017
• The man then hoisted himself over the counter and tried to gather an armful of firearms from a rack on the wall, but the guns were attached to a cable.
  — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
• From a shelf in her pantry, Ingrid retrieved a bouquet of white roses and an armful of tea lights.
  — Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 22 June 2016
• One day, Thompson-Gaines opened her front door to find a woman standing on her porch with an armful of clothes.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
• That didn’t stop Ms. Sanchez and her partner, Rodney Wright, from buying an armful of books.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2020
• One of them, heavyset, with an armful of tattoos, did twenty-nine years.
  — Charlayne Hunter-Gault, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
• Just pick up an armful of d'Anjou, bartlett, or comice pears, and let your imagination run wild.
  — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 5 Jan. 2017
• Just pick up an armful of d'Anjou, bartlett, or comice pears, and let your imagination run wild.
  — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 5 Jan. 2017
• Trying to steer a path between their love of bread and beating the virus, some in France are now buying baguettes by the armful and freezing them.
  — John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2020
• Wander the city block-sized shop, snap a selfie of the iconic sign, and turn your reading list into an armful of books.
  — Laura Studarus, Marie Claire, 12 Nov. 2021
• Stop by and ask for an armful of boughs to take home, then use a heavy-duty floral wire to fix them together.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• That decision proved fruitful, as the Taylors went home with armfuls of items.
  — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, 25 May 2018
• Debbie Buckley gathered an armful of bags brimming with food and packed them in her car.
  — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 20 Mar. 2020
• Gabi came back to the hotel with two armfuls of shopping bags, including one filled with shoes from Jimmy Choo.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
• None of the white history advocates have shown up to the protests with armfuls of history books and pamphlets.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 16 May 2017
• Someone’s grown-up walked through the stacks (shorter ones than in the main room), balancing an armful of children’s books while the kids with her did their own browsing.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• Criminals know that gun stores can be easy targets to obtain armfuls of firearms in a matter of minutes.
  — Fortune, 19 Jan. 2018
• Police described theft as rampant at Whole Foods, with thieves walking out with armfuls of alcohol, at least at the start.
  — Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• Video surveillance showed that at Hardy's direction, the two girls grabbed armfuls of clothing and piled them behind a rack of clothes, police said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 19 June 2017
• In the scene Forster was rehearsing that day at the Ballet Theater studios, Albrecht, wracked with guilt, is walking to her grave, in the dark of night, clutching an armful of lilies.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• That would be quite a deficit, one that can’t be made up by simply lingering when holding an armful of toilet paper.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
• A man entered the store shortly after 12:30 p.m. and left with an armful of comic books, pursued by Cavanaugh, who accused the man of stealing.
  — Ian Cummings, kansascity.com, 6 June 2017
• The rhythm produced an armful of three-pointers, and a most memorable two-pointer courtesy of Camryn Hill.
  — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020
• Another who approached with an armful of Hoover books has somehow forgotten her copy of her favorite, Layla, so Hoover gives her one for free.
  — Lucy Feldman, Time, 10 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024