How to Use arrival in a Sentence

arrival

noun
  • They were awaiting the arrival of guests.
  • When is the mail scheduled for arrival?
  • They were late arrivals at the party.
  • They track the number of airport arrivals and departures.
  • They are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their wedding day.
  • The twins will be about the same age as the new arrival.
    Chris Helms, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • By the mid-1960s, König was in New York, though stories differ about the means of his arrival.
    Andrew Russeth, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Chipotle’s stock was up nearly 40% in the year of his arrival.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Upon arrival, reheat the chicken (unsauced) in the oven, add the sauce, and serve.
    Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The Bronx, or what is now the Bronx, has gone through two terrible times since the arrival of Jonas Bronck, in 1639.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Then, the team begins preparations for the next group of arrivals.
    AZCentral.com, 14 May 2023
  • During the scene, the mom of two talked about her new arrival and shareed her baby's name, Tatum.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
  • Mini-refresh for the Model Y in China Their arrival comes just in the nick of time, too.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The one con: the bag had a pretty distinct smell upon arrival and took some time to subside.
    Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
  • To mark the mascot’s official arrival, Prescott helped with the passing of the harness from Jak to Dak.
    Chris Amaya, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Ahead of her arrival in France, Kendall also showed off her catwalk in Italy.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The mosquitoes are thrilled at the arrival of a four-person blood buffet.
    Jim Geraghty, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • Upon arrival, police found a man who was shot once in the lower back.
    Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The arrival of the streamers has given us a much larger customer base and outlets to sell our ideas to.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Celebrate barnyard moms and meet the newest arrivals to the farm.
    Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 5 May 2024
  • First arrivals start to show up in April seeking sweet sap from flowers and feeders.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Bertuzzi’s arrival put a charge into the Spoked-B, no matter who his linemates were.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • The couple announced the arrival of Violet in June 2016.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • Pochettino’s arrival in the U.S. is the latest sign of the growth of soccer in America.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The pair's third child, Aidan, rounded out their group with his arrival in September 2021.
    Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • While the locks can work with all the major smart home platforms, neither works with Matter, and there’s no ETA on its arrival.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The purpose of detention was not to hurt the new arrivals, but the system nonetheless did.
    Ana Raquel Minian, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • Still, Slater is a platoon-only bat whose strong glove is no longer needed in the center with Lee’s arrival.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One of the property owners in Turlock turned their video surveillance footage from the property over to the FBI, which showed the group loading burglary tools into the unit upon their arrival, the complaint says.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Early bird attendees dressed in ball gowns and black ties gathered for a pre-performance cocktail on the terrace of the David H. Koch Theater’s promenade—a perfect perch to watch all the glamorous arrivals.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024

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