Sentence examples for am arrested from inspiring English sources

The phrase "am arrested" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used in a context where someone is describing their current state of being arrested, but it typically requires a subject like "I" to be grammatically correct.
Example: "I am arrested for trespassing."
Alternatives: "I have been arrested" or "I was arrested."

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am arrested

verb

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

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"I know that if I am arrested then my life will be over.

"If I am arrested, it will be unpleasant, but not fatal," he said.

If I too am arrested, perhaps more Chinese people will awaken to the realities of their situation.

If I am arrested you should not demand for my bail, because most people cannot afford the bail fee".

"When I am arrested, when I am fighting, when I am demonstrating in the streets, there are people to my right and left who are not students," said Itzik Shmuli, the chairman of the National Union of Students.

"If in the near future I am arrested or if something bad happens to me, do not believe anything," he wrote, "no matter what bad things they say about me".

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Bogroff was arrested immediately.

Nobody has been arrested.

Ms. Sanderlin was arrested.

The shooter was arrested.

A few were arrested.

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