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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arms across" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical posture where someone has their arms crossed over their body, often indicating defensiveness or contemplation.
Example: "She stood there with her arms across, deep in thought about the decision she had to make."
Alternatives: "arms folded" or "arms crossed".
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Ramon folded his arms across his chest.
"Keep your arms across your chest".
He crossed his arms across his chest.
Smuggling arms across African borders is laughably easy.
He spread his arms across the back of the bench.
He folded his flabby arms across his chest.
America's giants want European partners to help them sell arms across the world.
She folds her arms across her chest and looks faintly angry.
Arms across his chest, he was speaking Dolly's lines to himself.
He sat back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest.
He'd folded his muscular arms across his chest, and was peering inscrutably at my apartment's porch.
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