In a sentence
Six example sentences with arresting, each labelled with its topic.
The most arresting frame in the series is the empty chair, which visitors stand in front of longest.
Photography
Her opening line is so arresting that the room stops talking before the band has played a single bar.
Music
The tower is not tall, but its cantilevered corner is arresting enough that drivers slow down on the bridge.
Architecture
The most arresting canvas in the room is a small gray square that somehow holds visitors longer than the huge murals.
Art
The novel's arresting first sentence is only seven words long, and readers quote it decades after finishing the book.
Literature
The film opens with an arresting image of a red umbrella crossing an empty white plain, and nobody talks for a minute.
Movies
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- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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