arriver

Example Sentences

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Colleagues may seethe with frustration, work later or take work home to catch up, yet few speak up and object—especially if the late arriver is the boss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2015

Since most parties have dull beginnings, the late arriver can spare himself short eternities of throat-clearing ennui.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great ascetic was always hard on amusements, on mere pastimes: Le divertissement nous amuse, one and all of us, et nous fait arriver insensiblement � la mort.

From Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Pater, Walter