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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arm outstretched" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical action where someone extends their arm forward, often to reach for something or to gesture towards someone.
Example: "She stood at the edge of the cliff, her arm outstretched as if trying to touch the sky."
Alternatives: "arm extended" or "arm reaching out".
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Michael, one thin arm outstretched, starts moaning.
She still had one arm outstretched in my direction.
I stood there dumbly, with my arm outstretched.
Richards, black sunglasses fixed to his head, stood there, right arm outstretched, fist clenched in salute.
Suddenly a figure approaches, one arm outstretched, his checkered red blanket gently flapping in the wind.
"What are these?" I asked a man who was kneeling with his arm outstretched.
A bronze nymph stands in a studio, head cast down, arm outstretched.
From the pickup, Lynsey saw a body outstretched next to our car, one arm outstretched.
"Hand raised, arm outstretched — " "I don't like it," a woman interrupted.
One such statue, 20 feet high, with Mr. Assad's arm outstretched, dominates a park in Damascus.
No truer image of Bryant's career exists than him leaning on a defender, arm outstretched.
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