How to Use arrange in a Sentence

arrange

verb
  • I think we can arrange a deal.
  • She arranged her hair on top of her head.
  • He arranged some fresh fruit neatly on a plate.
  • Let's arrange our schedules so that we can meet for lunch.
  • She arranged her pictures on her desk.
  • You'll need to arrange transportation from the airport.
  • He arranged her last two albums.
  • Please arrange a meeting with your partners.
  • We arranged and rearranged the order several times.
  • The school has been working to arrange hotel rooms and flights for the students.
    oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Magness and Boyle managed to arrange two bedrooms and two-and a-half baths around a central living room and kitchen.
    Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 18 Nov. 2022
  • To create this tablescape, arrange seasonal fruits and leaves along the center of your dining table.
    Sunset Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Two years later, the group helped arrange a reef insurance policy for the Turneffe Atoll off the coast of Belize.
    Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Rob Moose also contributed to the record, playing viola and arranging strings throughout.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Contestants are given a category and then arrange events, items or people order — such as arranging six actors in the order of their worldwide box office gross.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
  • To honor the deceased, foods such as sugar skulls, sweetbread rolls and beverages are arranged on ofrendas, or house altars, along with clay ornaments and sentimental objects.
    Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Still, some travelers choose to go off-menu and arrange private excursions, using independent companies, which can often be cheaper than the line's options.
    Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The generator presents a unique opportunity to add and arrange verses that did not make the original track, though some of them appeared on the truncated radio edit which was dropped this week.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Once any knots are removed, scrunch or arrange the curls at the top of your head.
    Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Art arranged them against the studio wall where there was good light.
    Jason Kersten, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The easiest way to plant lots of bulbs is to dig a bed and arrange the bulbs and then cover.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Or, in the case of seashells and coral, carefully arrange and add new pieces to the jar to keep them from cracking.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • The books in the office were arranged by color, a trend Toni scorned in waking life.
    Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • They are arranged to align with the movements of the sun and summer and winter solstices.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The meetings were arranged before the hostage deal was announced.
    Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • One problem, though: The car Wheeler and Smith had arranged for her wasn’t very fast.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
  • These spheres will be arranged on 115 lines anchored to the ocean floor and held taut by submerged floats.
    Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Don Hart came aboard to arrange the strings that thread the album together.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024
  • There is also a ski concierge on hand to arrange lift passes, ski lessons and so on.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The guns were tagged and arranged neatly, lined up on shelves or in cabinets.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024

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