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Meanings of arch in English
(Used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.
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Usage of arch in English
1
A step in the distance; some one coming up towards the arch.
2
Continue until you pass under the rock arch, where you turn right.
3
The high arch of the gateway of the chateau was in sight.
4
I found the following inscription upon an arch in the upper story:
5
At the top of the arch was a flattering inscription in verse.
6
On the round of the middle of the arch the gig stopped.
7
In the point of the arch beneath, are the three Evangelical Virtues.
8
He was the arch-priest of all sensationalism in the guise of logic.
9
Two sullen crimson discs glowed in the black arch of the tunnel.
10
The semicircular arch of the thirteenth century still holds sway in Provence.
11
And for the abutments of the arch of proof the money-spending sufficed.
12
The principal features of its architecture were the dome and round arch.
13
Off in the distance a rainbow formed an arch across the sky.
14
The arch-tempter tries in vain to seduce him from the right path.
15
The most simple bridge or trussed form is the well-known A-shaped arch.
16
Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of the socialist state.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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