arresting
Americanadjective
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attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking.
an arresting smile.
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making or having made an arrest.
the arresting officer.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- arrestingly adverb
- nonarresting adjective
- unarresting adjective
Etymology
Origin of arresting
Example Sentences
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Tudor is not arresting the Spurs crisis, he is accelerating it.
From BBC
But for all the athleticism on display, little emerges that is visually and physically arresting.
After arresting the owners, officers also searched their vehicle, where they found an air pistol - possession of which requires a licence and supervision for under 18s - a police scanner, and more cash.
From BBC
In the words of our critic it’s “an arresting work whose location is as vital to its life as the air we breathe.”
When new in the last decade, they felt the most arresting productions of these operas since Achim Freyer’s in Stuttgart, Germany, in the early 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times
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