attention-getting

[ uh-ten-shuhn-get-ing ]

/ əˈtɛn ʃənˌgɛt ɪŋ /

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adjective

conspicuously drawing attention to something or someone: an attention-getting device; attention-getting behavior.

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Words nearby attention-getting

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How to use attention-getting in a sentence

Dora is seen getting dressed as a mermaid by a cursor being manned by some omniscient game player.
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One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
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Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.
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He was getting another lesson in what he had seemed not to appreciate fully about cops.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

First, they allow Paul to siphon off attention from whichever potential candidate is making news.
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This attracted much attention, and the London journals praised the artist.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
His parents were peasants and he wrought as a day laborer till he attracted attention.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
I was right, so it seems, about getting ashore before the enemy could see to shoot out to sea.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
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