Definition: 1. Interesting and unusual enough to attract attention. 2. Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. 3. Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. 4. Very attractive, often in an unusual way.
Use 'striking' in a sentence:
1. What a striking similarity!
2. The company was striking out in new directions in the field of drama.
3. They shouldn't be striking for more money.
4. The difference was very striking.
5. Striking workers picketed the factory.
6. The critically endangered golden lion tamarin is named for its striking orange mane.
7. The most striking characteristic of the plants of the alpine zone is their low growth form.
8. Black and white show a striking contrast.
9. The most striking feature of those statistics is the high proportion of suicides.
10. The study's most striking findings shed light on the racial biases permeating the professional world.
11. The beach is within striking distance.
12. They won the game without striking a blow.
13. He used striking visuals to get his point across.
14. The most striking shared feature has got to be the amazing light effects.
15. The striking miners will soon return to work.
16. The clock began to whirr before striking the hour.
17. Thousands of striking teachers in Washington state will protest in front of the state capitol today.
18. With her striking looks and charismatic personality, she was noticed far and wide.
19. It would be a striking finding if all of these unrelated languages had speakers more prone to interrupting each other.
20. One reason for the striking upsurge of social psychology in the United States lies in the pragmatic tradition of this country.
21. The dockers are striking.
22. She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister.
23. There are striking differences in life span between different species, but within one species the parameter is relatively constant.
24. The compositional similarity is striking.
25. Striking workers picketed outside the gates.
26. Patterns that are invisible on the ground can be the most striking part of an aerial photograph.
27. His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.
28. The actor, striking an attitude, began to quote Shakespeare.
29. The chameleon lizard has the most striking ability to do this.
30. The first digital designs of the bones surrounding the sinus cavity actually bore a striking resemblance to an uninjured human skull.
31. They occupied the city without striking a blow.
32. The cat was now within striking distance of the duck.
33. I admired her all the more for allowing them to ridicule her and never striking back.
34. We observe a striking shift away from a labour theory among all mainline economists.
35. He fell, striking his head on the edge of the table.
36. He was striking his dog with his whip.
37. In striking contrast to their brothers, the girls were both intelligent and charming.
38. The bus drivers are striking for higher wages.
39. Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday.
40. She was a striking woman with long blonde hair.
41. The signs do nothing more than identify a restaurant, theatre, or other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.
42. The clock was striking twelve.
43. Equally striking, however, is the relative stability of the climate in the past 10 years.
44. He bears a striking resemblance to Lenin.
45. Her eyes are her most striking feature.
46. The results were striking.
47. She bears a striking similarity to her mother.
48. Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
49. A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch, a consultancy, reveals striking improvements.
50. He cut a striking figure in his white dinner jacket.
