Sentence examples for weapons in hand from inspiring English sources

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American sailors stood ready, weapons in hand.

On the other side, boyish Mexican soldiers stand about, weapons in hand.

More Americans in uniform died away from the battlefield — thousands from the Spanish flu — than with weapons in hand.

When asked whether they supported the "actions of those who seize administrative buildings in your region with weapons in hand", 72% of Donetsk residents said no.

Sprinting out of the building, weapons in hand, the two attackers reportedly ran straight into a police car pulling up outside.

Gen. John Echols ordered Ferguson released within days of Lee's surrender, and – with the Confederacy crumbling around him – he was soon back in the Cumberland, weapons in hand, resuming his bloody personal war.

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It's the worst nightmare of the Cold War, isn't it, the nuclear weapons in hands of an irrational person, an irrational force.

"The way they defended our country, weapon in hand".

"We need you too, weapon in hand, protecting our life and yours".

"If her husband lets her down, then she'll have a weapon in hand," Wardiya explained.

Weapon in hand, he had to force his way probably by a sham duel to a wreath.

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