arrestingly

American

[uh-rest-ing-lee] / əˈrɛst ɪŋ li /

adverb

in a way that captures or arrests attention or interest.

Example Sentences

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Rolling Stone hailed "Lux" as "a truly timeless work of art", while music magazine NME called it "arrestingly beautiful".

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

What I did know was that Beverly’s extremely simple recipe yielded an arrestingly good bowl of soup.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025

“Petite Maman” is what every film should be: powerfully, even arrestingly original; grounded in emotional truth; hyper-specific; deeply universal; strange; mesmerizing; and not a minute longer than necessary.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

The radiating, shimmering, ever so slightly metallic overtones that halo her voice make her sound arrestingly powerful and visceral.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

I can see what Megan saw in him, and it’s not just that he’s arrestingly handsome.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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