as in welcome
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Recent Examples of open arms
And in a community where it’s supposed to be loving and open arms, safe space for everyone, [that’s] the worst thing that you could get labeled [as].
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
The whole organization for me, top to bottom, has welcomed me in with open arms.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
Then the boy from the photo, a streak of light maybe 5 years old, jumped from the truck and into the couple’s open arms.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Now, after finding open arms in Germany, Rasoulof and others are hoping the Academy will finally embrace their cause and help find a way to give more movies that speak truth to power a shot at Oscar.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
The whole organization for me, top to bottom, has welcomed me in with open arms.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
Then the boy from the photo, a streak of light maybe 5 years old, jumped from the truck and into the couple’s open arms.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Now, after finding open arms in Germany, Rasoulof and others are hoping the Academy will finally embrace their cause and help find a way to give more movies that speak truth to power a shot at Oscar.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for open arms
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“Open arms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20arms. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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