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adjectiveattracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile. making or having made an arrest: the arresting officer. Origin of arrestingarrest + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM arrestingar·rest·ing·ly, adverbnon·ar·rest·ing, adjectiveun·ar·rest·ing, adjectiveWords nearby arrestingarrest, arrestable, arrestant, arrestee, arrester, arresting, arresting gear, arrestive, arrestment, arrest of judgment, Arretine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for arrestingBrown himself spent years arresting sex workers when, as Forman relays, “what [he] really wanted to do [was] help them.” To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Federal officials spent Wednesday arresting members of the Boyle Heights-based street gang which has strong ties to La Eme. The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Bees Laline Paull (Ecco) This arresting debut novel is a daring dystopian story set in a beehive. The Best Fiction of 2014: Ford, Ferrante, Klay, and More|William O’Connor|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Even good, arresting visual art is transformed by its context. Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art|Jay Michaelson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even good, arresting visual art is transformed by the gaze of a potential consumer. Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art|Jay Michaelson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST "There's the pantry window," she cried, arresting her tears. Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles|Mrs. Henry Wood I lost my last month's pay for arresting a shark by mistake. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895|Various When the British authorities answered this defiance by arresting Nationalist leaders, Egypt flamed into rebellion from end to end. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy|Theodore Lothrop Stoddard As Ollyett said our first care was to create an 'arresting atmosphere' round it. A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling The arresting fact was that he was stirred by curiosity about her. The Quaint Companions|Leonard Merrick
British Dictionary definitions for arresting
adjectiveattracting attention; striking Derived forms of arrestingarrestingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to arrestingsalient, impressive, remarkable, striking, eye-catching, extraordinary, stunning, pronounced, pointed, bold, conspicuous, notable, observable, outstanding, prominent, sensational |