She stood in the hallway, arms akimbo, toes tapping impatiently as she awaited her mother's response.
Akimbo : it's your word of the day to do with what you wish. But I wish that you would use it creativitly in a sentence?
He paced nervously back and forth past his phone while she stood with arms akimbo staring at her phone.... Both simultaneously saying to themselves "s/he said s/he would call by 2 p.m.!" What happened?