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How to use arrow in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Arrow means a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. Example: “Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.”

Examples of arrow by meaning

nounA sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).

  • Thus each arrow is equal to one having the origin as its initial point.1968, Robert R. Stoll, Edward T. Wong, Linear Algebra, London: Academic Press, →LCCN, pages 2–3

verbTo move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).

  • Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 279

verbTo let fly swiftly and directly.

  • Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport

verbTo develop an inflorescence.

  • It is easily grown and arrows freely.1905, Sugar-Cane Experiments in the Leeward Islands

verbTo navigate using the arrow keys.

  • Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.

More sentences with arrow

  • He aimed at the target, but the arrow flew straight over it.From the entry aim
  • One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.From the entry category
  • The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.From the entry weld
  • One time, this Mexican dude called me a cool arrow! Ain't that something?From the entry cool arrow
  • The arrows flew thick and fast around us.From the entry thick
  • The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.From the entry right
  • His bow and arrow never leaves him.From the entry leave
  • The arrow fell wide of the mark.From the entry wide
  • The arrow descended in a curved line.From the entry line
  • Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.From the entry object
  • After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.From the entry plummet
  • An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.From the entry ashen
  • This double-ended arrow appears to point in two directions.From the entry double-ended
  • The archer's arrow flew past us with a whooshy sound.From the entry whooshy
  • I used to do field lexicography, but then I took an arrow to the knee on North Sentinel Island.From the entry take something to
  • The arrow flew through the air.From the entry through
  • The arrow hissed through the air.From the entry hiss
  • The target was pincushioned with arrows.From the entry pincushion
  • Yeah the third arrow is a big deal to some people for some reason.2025 September 18, u/DentistPitiful5454, “Well that was quick...”, in Reddit, r/liberalgunowners, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2025. From the entry authcom
  • Purple arrows show the average GPS velocity field relative to station of Paisha, Penghu.2021, Pei-Ru Jian, “The 2010 Jiashian and 2016 Meinong Earthquakes: Doublet Ruptures Interact Across Two Strong Asperities”, in AutoBATS…. From the entry Paisha
  • The “cascaded heat” is shown by arrows and values indicated outside the boxes and beside the arrows.2020, Xian Wen Ng, Concise Guide to Heat Exchanger Network Design, page 27. From the entry cascaded
  • Then it happened: the arrow turned in mid-air, its point aimed right at the wyvern’s face.2019, Madoka Kotani, Buck Naked in Another World, volume 1, Seven Seas Entertainment, published 2020, →ISBN. From the entry hocus and pocus
  • Mild vermian volume loss and progressive chiasmatic atrophy (open arrow) are seen (B) on follow-up.2016, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman, Andrea Poretti, The Pediatric Cerebellum, page 380. From the entry interfoliate
  • Arrows indicate hemocytes, plasmatocytes, lamellocytes and crystal cells in E, H, K and Q respectively.2015 September 1, “Apoptosis in Hemocytes Induces a Shift in Effector Mechanisms in the Drosophila Immune System and Leads to a…. From the entry lamellocytes
  • Arrows indicate separated values for the Fitzroya stand only and the Nothofagus dominated subcanopy forests in AA.2015 September 10, “The Oldest, Slowest Rainforests in the World? Massive Biomass and Slow Carbon Dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides…. From the entry subcanopy
  • Chest X-ray posterioanterior (PA) view shows diffuse fine reticular (arrow) and nodular (arrowhead) opacifications.2015 July 31, Rohit Godbole et al., “Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy: Clinical, Radiologic, and Histologic Correlation”, in…. From the entry posterioanterior
  • “Arrows drawn on maps build up into an astonishing spaghetti of population movement,” Mr.2014 February 10, Stephen Heyman, “A Literary Tour on the Blue Danube”, in The New York Times. From the entry spaghetti
  • Elizabeth noted foreign stamps on it, and several arrows and readdressings.2014, Vanessa Royall, Seize the Dawn. From the entry readdressing
  • An arrow had speared his leg, puncturing the platemail near his knee.2014, Tim Hall, Shadow of the Wolf, Oxford, Oxon: David Fickling Books, →ISBN, page 382. From the entry platemail
  • The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845. From the entry man
  • The picture shows sperical ooids and 'cerebroid' ooids ( arrow ) with cones.2013, Erik Flügel, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks. From the entry cerebroid
  • There was a streak through the grass, a fast-moving brindle arrow, rough-haired and uncombed.2011, Robert Low, The Lion Wakes, page 65. From the entry alaunt
  • Both of them have the combined designs of man heads, arrows, birds, and fish.2007, Yinke Deng, “Sanxingdui, a Civilization Independent from the Central Plains”, in Avery Martha, Pan Yue, transl., History of China…. From the entry Jinsha
  • However, when Śiva saw the proud Kāma getting ready to let another arrow fly, he got angry.2006, Catherine Benton, God of Desire: Tales of Kamadeva in Sanskrit Story Literature, page 52. From the entry kama
  • The Elf turned and with deadly accuracy shot an arrow where his nose pointed him.2006, Gene Del Vecchio, The Sword of Anton, page 51. From the entry deadly

Meaning of arrow

  1. noun A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  2. noun A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).
  3. noun A directed edge.

Full definition of arrow

Questions about arrow in a sentence

How do you use arrow in a sentence?
Arrow is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.”
What is a short sentence with arrow?
“The arrow flew through the air.”
What does arrow mean?
Arrow means a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arrow (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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