Definition: 1. A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening. 2. A structure with a curved top that is supported by straight sides, sometimes forming an entrance or built as a monument.
Use 'arch' in a sentence:
1. He asked with interest when she spoke of the arch enemy.
2. Slot your foot (big toe up, pinky toe down) into the crack up to the arch of your foot, keeping your knee out to the side.
3. The trees arch overhead.
4. The arch is among the many important structural breakthroughs that have characterized architecture throughout the centuries.
5. He went under a brick arch.
6. That invention was the arch, a curved structure originally made of separate stone or brick segments.
7. It works in compression to divert the weight above it out to the sides, where the weight is borne by the vertical elements on either side of the arch.
8. He tried in a hundred ways to convey his own feelings, casting arch glances at them.
9. He tapped the side of his nose in an uncharacteristically arch gesture.
10. She arched her back and stretched herself.
11. Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.
12. I gazed up at the domed ceiling arching overhead.
13. The cat arched its back and hissed.
14. Tall trees arched over the path.
15. Her arched brows are like a quarter moon and very pretty.
16. the delicate arch of her eyebrows.
17. They walked together through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.
18. It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backward through the ragged veil hanging from the arch.
19. The bridge had seven arches.
20. Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut.
21. Their attempts to be casual have so far just looked arch or patronising.
22. A replica of the Arch de Triumph that usually stands in Paris has been transported to Tokyo Bay for the festival.
23. The bridge has 17 arches.
24. As a method of spanning space, the arch can support greater weight than a horizontal beam.
25. Don't arch your back, keep your spine straight.
26. 'Oh really?' he said, arching an eyebrow.
27. Methods 23 cases with and plate cleft were treated by biarragment teeth arch.
28. They walked through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.
29. Ambiesta dam, Italy (1976) - arch dam.
30. Arch-type aquarium tank.
31. That arch has a span of 70 metres.
32. She was rather arch in her behaviour.
33. The lion arched its back to jump on the deer.
34. Go through the arch and follow the path.
35. When she passed under the arch leading out of the park, Mira whooped with delight.
36. The roofs arch and swoop and fall, mimicking the region's mountains.
37. Roman builders perfected the semicircular arch made of separate blocks of stone.
38. I also enjoyed the sights of the Arch of Triumph.
39. Both of them looked at him with that curious, slightly amused and even arch expression.
40. The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle.
41. I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival.
42. The arch was used by the early cultures of the Mediterranean area chiefly for underground drains, but it was the Romans who first developed and used the arch extensively in aboveground structures.
43. A rainbow arched across the sky.
44. Marble Arch is a famous London landmark.
45. Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
46. The foreign experts are quite interested in that high structure with an arch roof.
47. Pacoima dam, USA (1971) - arch dam.
48. She was going to visit the Triumphal Arch.
49. The triumphal arch commemorates Caesar's victory over Pompey.
50. The trees arched over the river.
51. Look for natural frames, such as an arch or the shaded walls of a canyon. A frame can be a dramatic device to enhance your subject.
52. A frown formed between her arched brows.
53. I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch rival.
54. The 3D velocity fields in the furnaces' arch area for a conventional stock boiler were measured by the hot wire aerometer.
55. A bright rainbow arched above.
56. "Good girl," said Frank, winding the bandages around the arch of her foot.
57. The Triumphal arch, at night.
58. The cat arched its back.
59. The structures are of sun dried bricks, same as present day Sudan, except for an arch.
60. Two rows of trees arched over the sidewalk.
61. The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of the forehead and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty.
62. The arch-fiend whispered him to condense into a small compass.
63. These overlapping arches create such a beautiful structure.
