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UK
/ɐɹˈɛstɪŋ/
]
[ US /ɝˈɛstɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ɝˈɛstɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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commanding attention
a stunning performance
an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
How To Use arresting In A Sentence
- This nifty little thriller opens with the arresting image of a nebbishy accountant being dangled over the side of a bridge.
- (How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers Baltimore Crime
- The arresting part of this photo is not her femaleness, although foregrounding her gender seems to be the intention, but the condition of her gun, which is old, chipped, and rusty.
- The biggest of the ringing bells is three tonnes and an arresting sight as it gracefully arcs round, even if we can't hear it to its full capacity thanks to our bright red ear protectors.
- The feeling was that the picture conveyed a joyful and momentous moment in their lives in a way that was arresting and memorable. Times, Sunday Times
- Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human in-telligence long enough to get money from it.
- Produce production can be instrumental in arresting the decline in the number of farms in some rural areas, as well as in providing an alternative to tobacco production.
- His aphoristic, rhetorical style, lends itself to statements that sound arresting but often mean very little.
- The lean Arctic light, long and horizontal and visually stunning, gives everything a superreal quality of detail that I suppose you might get used to over time, but for now it is arresting. Beth Kapusta: ...somewhere just south of the 79th parallel
- The only person needing to apologize is the arresting officer. Police group: Obama should apologize