in arms
Example Sentences
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“It amazes me that travelers are not up in arms about the way they get treated,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
An Illinois law set to go into effect this summer would ban interchange fee on taxes and tips, and has banks up in arms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Adding another layer of complexity, is the onus that places on witness testimony from so-called "brothers in arms".
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, besieged by pressures of all kinds, left his bed of a paralytic in order to persuade his former companion in arms.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
