Arrest

//əˈɹɛst//

"Arrest" in a Sentence (25 examples)

You are under arrest.

He resisted arrest violently.

They chased the man to arrest him.

We used emergency measures to revive the cardiac arrest patient.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

They attacked soldiers who were sent to arrest them.

They knocked on the door and said they had come to arrest him.

Am I under arrest?

Tom was afraid that the police might want to arrest him.

Why don't the police arrest Tom?

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cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.

The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.

An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.

Nor could her virtues, nor repeated vows Of thousand lovers, the relentless hand Of Death arrest;

Mr. Van Rensberg broke the spell by arresting Martha as she trailed past him on Billy's arm, by pointing his pipestem at her and saying, ‘Hey, Matty, come here a minute.’

A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry.

To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.

1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.

I arrest thee of high treason.

The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.

There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.

Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.

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