What is "armfuls"

Usage examples of "armfuls".

But in the barracks he screamed and wept again, and as Foyle led him down the long room, the naked bawds swept up armfuls of dirty clothes and shook them before his eyes.

I went shopping with Mal, Tom, and Raymond, buying armfuls of bootleg tapes, Walkmans, cameras, and watches.

Eyes sparking, she levitated upward, arms gathering and gathering armfuls of nothing to her breast.

He imitated Potria's spell-casting technique, gathering in armfuls of air and thrusting his hands forward.

The strings were cut and in handfuls and armfuls the papers were flung out over the heads of the audience underneath.

The servants came and went with armfuls of books, ornaments, articles of clothing.

I dropped armfuls of towels as I went to dry myself in front of my fire.

She mechanically pulled some armfuls round her to keep off the breezes, and closed her eyes.

It sprouted, grew into intricate mats, and was ultimately thrown to the pigs in armfuls.

Tobeszijian leaned out, scooping armfuls of snow into the hem of his cloak, and came back inside, slamming the window shut behind him.

It was too early for the crowd, but bricklayers and their families, laden with huge lunch-baskets and armfuls of babies, were already going in--a healthy, husky race of workmen, well-paid and robustly fed.

He scented the mares and stopped short, head flung up and armfuls of creamy mane tossing in the breeze.

The middies and cadets, wet uniforms sticking to their limbs, carried armfuls of missiles as they stalked each other.

They all bore armfuls of slightly curved pieces of a moss-colored, glass-like substance.