[
UK
/ˈɑːmbænd/
]
[ US /ˈɑɹmˌbænd/ ]
[ US /ˈɑɹmˌbænd/ ]
NOUN
- a band worn around the upper arm
- worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
How To Use armband In A Sentence
- The captain's armband must have special powers because he's been brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
- Other amazing samples from the plant world will be revealed to the children, including plants with armbands to help them swim and meat-eating plants like the Pitcher plant, which is on loan from Cardiff University.
- If the TV shows that someone has clearly made a dive, the FA should invoke a new rule, requiring that player to wear a red armband for the rest of the season.
- The Chelsea star rose to the challenge last night and gave an assured performance wearing the armband, leading by example. The Sun
- On the final whistle he had already ripped the captain's armband from his shirt.
- Pedestrians were reminded to wear bright highly visible clothing, reflective armbands, sam-brown belts or jackets and to face on-coming traffic when out walking.
- After the United States entered World War I, American correspondents covering it were issued military uniforms with green armbands.
- The thing about this biography is that it is not fair, it is unbalanced and it is biased, and it is what John Howard would call a ‘black armband biography’.
- It's great fun while you're still in swimming armbands and short trousers.
- Sad, really, but it seems to be all armband is capable of. Think Progress » At Bush-Cheney Alumni Reunion, Bush Says Jimmy Carter’s Criticisms Made His Life ‘Miserable’