How to Use arresting in a Sentence

arresting

adjective
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  • The most arresting set piece here finds Ethan smoothly sailing off a cliff via a motorbike and a parachute.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • Here, a look back at some of the most arresting looks from the runway shows featured in the film.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Both of the arresting officers got out of the car and huddled by the precinct door.
    — C. Nicole Mason, The Root, 5 June 2017
  • His singing is plain but arresting, like looking out to a lush field or up to a blue sky.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2021
  • Their hard stares provide the most arresting images of the film.
    — Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
  • In the end, though, the season’s most arresting trend might be the most obvious.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The sound of hammers is not nearly so arresting as the sound of your own kids’ whining.
    — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021
  • The Nasca culture succeeded the Paracas and made some of the most arresting art.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The visual nature of the site means bold designs often get the most views because the videos are so arresting.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Here is a selection of the most arresting images taken around the world in the past seven days.
    — Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Not one to let a drab (and by the looks of it, mildly chilly) day dim her shine, Collins opted to wear one of the most arresting green hues seen on the spring 2022 runways.
    — Eni Subair, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Thank you Bryan, Tatiana and the whole cast for a riveting and arresting night of great theater.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2019
  • As Steve, Stan gives one of the most arresting performances of his career.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Nan’s unflinching bravery in life and in work have made her one of the most arresting visual artists of our time.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In a tough competition for the most arresting space, the main powder room stands out.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2021
  • More arresting—and disturbing—was the book that followed in 1979.
    — William Tipper, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The sound and lighting effects felt more arresting in their impact.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • One, Dae’Quandrea Nelson, 19, was on trial in Bluffton for fighting at his high school when the arresting officer showed a video of the fight.
    — Timothy Williams, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The look, styled by Maeve Reilly, is one of the most arresting in an awards night that is not exactly known for subtlety.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2021
  • One of the arresting officers had spotted the girl at a gas station where she had been banned, police said.
    — Jeff Baenen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
  • What if Woods had refused all testing and refused to say a word to the arresting officers?
    — Danny Cevallos, CNN, 1 June 2017
  • Leavelle had the arresting officers take the suspect to his office.
    — Joe Simnacher and Marc Ramirez, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The most arresting images, though, are of bodies and faces: human, divine, or both.
    — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • And certainly for me, the most arresting stuff to watch in cinema is the more unspoken stuff.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Kurt Cobain’s guitar sound was violent and arresting, like his amp was on fire.
    — Nabil Ayers, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The film’s most arresting footage is often of him quietly in transit, shoulders hunched, face creased in thought.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The arresting officer is believed to be a close family friend of the Entrekins.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al.com, 12 June 2019
  • The most arresting painting is the last that the visitor discovers, just behind the entrance.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Eddie’s White Wonder’), is nearly as arresting as looking down the slope toward the waters of Puget Sound.
    — Valerie Easton, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • Some of Ellis’s most arresting work would render the unbridgeable gap between him and his father in stark, formal terms.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023

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