arrestingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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And it’s here that “Keeper” starts to unravel, the arrestingly pristine visuals and hypnotic rhythms giving way to contrived explanations.
From Los Angeles Times
Rolling Stone hailed "Lux" as "a truly timeless work of art", while music magazine NME called it "arrestingly beautiful".
From Barron's
What I did know was that Beverly’s extremely simple recipe yielded an arrestingly good bowl of soup.
From Salon
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.
From Salon
Given what Mica Levi does so arrestingly, that may not be necessary.
From Los Angeles Times
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