ARRIVAL in a Sentence

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405 example sentences for ARRIVAL, such as:

1. The date of his arrival is uncertain.
2. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
3. We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.
4. The usual hoopla surrounded the arrival of the pop star.
5. The movers gave me a scant hour's notice of their arrival.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARRIVAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arrival
 n.  the act of arriving at a certain place
 n.  someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Your arrival, my dear cousin," said she, "fills me with hope.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  The arrival of the Arabian now infused new life into his soul.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
3  Soon after my arrival in the hovel I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
4  Nothing, at this moment, could have given me greater pleasure than the arrival of my father.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
5  In about a week after the arrival of Elizabeth's letter we returned to Geneva.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
6  Soon after my arrival my father spoke of my immediate marriage with Elizabeth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
7  That force took shape in the middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
8  At his arrival in the market-place, and some time before she saw him, the stranger had bent his eyes on Hester Prynne.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
9  This learned stranger was exemplary as regarded at least the outward forms of a religious life; and early after his arrival, had chosen for his spiritual guide the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
10  She could consult with her brother, could receive her sister-in-law on her arrival, and treat her with proper attention; and could strive to rouse her mother to similar exertion, and encourage her to similar forbearance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
11  They were cheered by the joy of the servants on their arrival, and each for the sake of the others resolved to appear happy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
12  Their arrival seemed to afford him real satisfaction, and their comfort to be an object of real solicitude to him.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
13  Before the middle of the day, they were visited by Sir John and Mrs. Jennings, who, having heard of the arrival of a gentleman at the cottage, came to take a survey of the guest.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
14  From a reverie of this kind, as she sat at her drawing-table, she was roused one morning, soon after Edward's leaving them, by the arrival of company.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
15  As dinner was not to be ready in less than two hours from their arrival, Elinor determined to employ the interval in writing to her mother, and sat down for that purpose.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
Example Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
16  In retrospect it is clear to me that my arrival at Salomon marked the beginning of the end of that hallowed institution.
17  The long-playing record was made defunct by the arrival of the CD.
18  We stopped worrying about the ship's safe arrival when she sailed into the harbor with all her flags flying.
19  Rachel's arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control.
20  The students are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.
21  We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.
22  The usual hoopla surrounded the arrival of the pop star.
23  We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.
24  The date of his arrival is uncertain.
25  The arrival of a new chief executive with a tough reputation for cost-cutting further raised the stakes.
26  Reasoning by analogy, we can come to no other conclusion, unless their advent is anticipated by the arrival of ready-made colonists from the more advanced earth, like ourselves.
27  The streets of Baghdad are littered with putrefying mounds of rubbish that have been accumulating since the collapse of municipal services in March, with the arrival of coalition forces.
28  The movers gave me a scant hour's notice of their arrival.
29  The President's arrival was the signal for an outburst of cheering.
30  The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.