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Meanings of arced in English

Forming or resembling an arch.

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        Usage of arced in English
        1
        Charlie obliged, and Sam swung low across the water, then arced upward.
        The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
        2
        She cited a double rainbow that recently arced across the city's skyline.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Raw coursing power arced about the hillside in random blasts of lightning.
        Night of Knives
        4
        Brilliant lights arced in lines across his field of vision, blinding him.
        The Death Cure
        5
        The energy arced across the satellite dishes, vaporizing the roof between them.
        Iron Man
        6
        Searing connection arced between them, fused them into one mind, one body.
        Midnight hero
        7
        Our main weapon, or shredder, arced overhead much like an Andalite tail.
        The Andalite Chronicles
        8
        She arced briefly through the Arctic night, crash-landing on the Typhoon's deck.
        Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
        9
        Sixty-pound stones arced through the air, easy for the eye to follow.
        Surrender to the will of the night
        10
        Dennis roared again, pushed away and arced the knife at his throat.
        Ten From Infinity
        11
        Arrows and bolts shot from above arced down among the broaching Riders.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        12
        Penny adjusted the wiper speed, and the blades arced faster, thumped louder.
        Relentless
        13
        Five yards into the woods, Kahn stopped and arced an arm skyward.
        Bones in Her Pocket
        14
        Upon its surface, currents of electricity arced, like blue liquid fire boiling.
        Vrin: ten mortal gods
        15
        It arced into the air, then dropped back into the drainage ditch.
        Hellfire
        16
        Planet Pluto arced into view from starboard, half a million kay distant.
        The Universe — or Nothing
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