arrestingly

[uh-rest-ing-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that captures or arrests attention or interest.

Example Sentences

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

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David Brooks’ arrestingly headlined New York Times column — “Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?” — contains a sentence that stopped me cold, possibly for a reason that both Brooks and I had forgotten.

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Given what Mica Levi does so arrestingly, that may not be necessary.

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A young woman with an arrestingly chic haircut — cropped, curly and imminently due a revival, if anyone is looking for an image to show their hairdresser — looks off to one side with a halfhearted smile.

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‘Vengeance’ is an arrestingly smart, funny and affecting take on a slice of the American zeitgeist, one in which both the divisions between and connections with our fellow citizens are brought into sharp relief.”

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