arm's-reach

He forgot Jervis, forgot Tashir, forgot everything but the fight to win to within arm's-reach of the mage-lord.

Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

He forgot Jervis, forgot Tashir, forgot everything but the fight to win to within arm's-reach of the mage-lord.

Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

Modesty put the keys down on the floor, a bare arm's-reach from them, and saw hope spark in their faces.

Modesty Blaise O'Donnell, P. 1965

He did not dare to call out again to Leh Shin, and for all that he could tell, the Chinaman might have been an arm's-reach away from him in the darkness, also waiting for some sudden thing to happen.

The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

And so he awaited the charge until the bull was within actual arm's-reach, when with a swift rise from the chair and a turn of his body quick as that of a fencer's supple wrist, he bent and stuck the teeth-held banderilla in the bull's shoulder as he swept past.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

Sixty seconds more and she would be out of arm's-reach, and still George made no haste.

The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

I remember one pleasant Sunday afternoon, when we were sitting outside, we noticed simultaneously two woodchucks playing in the field just across the road; a red squirrel pursuing a gray one along our stone wall, almost within arm's-reach; a blue heron among the willows by the brook, probably prospecting for trout; some bob-whites running along by the roadside; while in the woods just beyond a partridge was drumming up further recruits for the exhibition.

Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

Ankle-deep, knee-deep, thigh-deep, waist-deep, we struggled and staggered, I still gaining upon him, until I was within arm's-reach of him, and had whirled up my sword to strike.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

"Do you know why I have brought you here?" she asked, when he was sitting within arm's-reach of the small black box.

The Price Francis Lynde 1893

Then there was the double row of carriages forever moving in opposite directions, and passing within easy arm's-reach of each other; and the jolly battle was waged between their occupants, with side conflicts with the foot-farers at the same time.

Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890