Archie began to fear that he should lose him; and, throw down his gun, he gathered up an armful of sticks and branches, and straightway opened fire on the bird.
Presently he walked back into the study, secured an armful of volumes, and carried them out.
She held anarmful of blue serge, and, going up to a table in the window, she took from it a little work-ease, and was about to vanish again when Langham went up to her.
At that moment the Professor came in sight with an armful of ferns, the rich loam adhering to their roots, and said: "I'm sure these will grow.
The Professor's wife gathered an armful of yarrow, saying, "This is an excellent tonic and should always be gathered before the flowers bloom.
Iley Derf's Indian husband crouched at the corner of the cabin picking up something, and moved noiselessly away with an armful of wood.
Bring an armful of firewood ashore," he went on as they laid the canoe down gently on a flat rock.
He had his gun, and in addition a great armful of holly and mistletoe, and he deposited all alike upon the porch floor.
Unity sprang to her feet; Cary came down the bank at a run, tossed her his armful of blossoms, and was in the middle of the road in time to seize by the bridle the riderless horse which came plunging around the bend.
Upon the hearth had been thrown an armful of hickory and pine.
He pushed a table closer to the fireplace and transferred to it his armful of papers.
She held an armful of blue serge, and, going up to a table in the window, she took from it a little work-case, and was about to vanish again when Langham went up to her.
Hastily gathering an armful of small twigs, he threw them on the fire.
Tentatively, Brice drew aside an armful of branches, just above the waiting dog.
She seemed to bring light and youth and happiness indoors with her, and the armful of flowers she carried filled the dim hallway with perfume.
Every few seconds, however, a waiter with anarmful of dishes found his passage barred and disturbed them.
On one occasion only he had met Mignon with an armful of flowers, putting his sons through a course of botanical instruction in a by-path.
When Rose returned with an armful of plates Laguitte, though he did not care about women, began to scrutinize her and was amazed at seeing so ugly a creature.
Jonathan, too, threw down his armful of boughs and turned back to get the axe.
He came back presently with an armful of square bits of wood, and sitting down before the fire, began to whittle the rough-sawn ends over the hearth.
Meanwhile came in kind Mr. Van Brunt with an armful or two of small short sticks for the fire, which Ellen could manage.
Ellen dropped her armful of things, and taking Nancy's hands, gave her truly the kiss of peace.
Why, we found he had carried an armful of firewood down to the shore and was industriously swashing the sticks up and down in the water, thinking he was washing the supper dishes.
Ferd started for an armful of wood he had cut down at the bottom of the steep bank and suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, he slipped, his feet pointed heavenward, and he skated down the bank upon the small of his back.
However, I sent an armful of books out to my assistant attorney.
A shout announced his return, and looking up she perceived him bearing down upon her with an armful of books.
I hoped he knows now that I can gather them, a great armful if I wish.
I'm going to gather anarmful to put on the table that we may have one more thing to be thankful for.
Nan Barrington's eighteenth birthday dawned gloriously and as soon as they were dressed Phyllis disappeared to return a moment later with an armful of wonderful red roses.
At the back was a rude fireplace, with a few cold cinders, supporting an armful of dry wood.
Herbert had just thrown on an armful of dry wood, and the flame cast a bright light into the darkest parts of the passage.
She kicked a stray brand or so into the fire, put on some more wood, damped the fire with anarmful of snow to make it last longer, and set out towards the willows into which he had vanished.
And two weeks ago he stuck his foot out when one of the women who had charge of the library was passing the table, and she tripped and fell flat, with an armful of books.
Yes--stuck out his foot as I went by the table with an armful of books.
Armful after armful we carried and deposited in the shade, and then sat down to the task of picking them off into our pails.
One of them went downstairs and returned with an armful of peat-fuel, and ten minutes later a fine fire was blazing in the chimney, the iron back of which was soon red-hot.
She nodded kindly to the foolish old creature, who presently came wheezing and lamenting into the clean sunshiny kitchen, and dropped herself like an armful of old clothes into the nearest chair.
Every time he had thumped down a great armful of wood, it had startled them afresh, and their timid protest and sense of apprehension had increased until they were pale and miserable; the younger woman had been crying.
Miss Leslie was quietly placing an armful of sticks on the fuel heap beside the baobab.
After a dangerous and exhausting day's work in the mire and jungle, he came back with nothing more to show for his pains than an armful of creepers.
Miss Leslie would have slipped into the hollow of the baobab with her armful of fagots and brush; but Blake waved a bloody knife above the body of the mother leopard, and beckoned the girl to come nearer.
He carried an armful of rocks to lay on the mound.
The viands, very light and simple, were set upon the table; then a fourth one came bringing an armful of shawls and wraps.
One admirer ran off and returned with an armful of wreaths and garlands, and presently Joqard was wearing them royally.
By that time Tom had come to the rescue with an armful of dry blankets from an unoccupied bunk.
Tom came back with his first armful of wood, and Bob set about the building of the fire.
With her hand resting on Dobbin's she glanced back and saw Bellamy--still with his armful of orchids--emerge from the hotel.
Followed the ascent of the close-up to frame on Lucinda's face as she smiled down at her armful of roses.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
