arresting
pronunciation
How to pronounce arresting in British English:
UK [əˈrestɪŋ]
How to pronounce arresting in American English:
US [əˈrɛstɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- commanding attention
Word Origin
- arresting (n.)
- early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, verbal noun from arrest (v.).
- arresting (adj.)
- "striking, that captures the imagination," 1792, present participle adjective from arrest (v.).
Example
- 1. Police said they would bail the manager after arresting him .
- 2. Police arresting black panther member joe hicks in los angeles .
- 3. Which leads to an arresting thought : could that be how our universe came into being ?
- 4. The police cracked down , shooting some demonstrators and arresting scores of dissidents and reformers .
- 5. With progestin , the brain signals the testes to stop producing testosterone , arresting sperm production .