Sentence examples for achieved a striking from inspiring English sources

"Things are finally starting to move in the right direction" (Motor Trend); and Lincoln has achieved a "striking, elegant design" (Automobile).

Earlier, he had also achieved a striking portrait for Vogue of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1966.

He achieved a striking postwar recovery in the mining industry and established Kuala Lumpur as the economic centre of the peninsula.

Residents of Tongkol kampung in the north of the sprawling capital have already achieved a striking transformation of their lifestyle practices, their homes, and the river that runs through their community.

Pergolesi achieved a striking effect in "Vidit suum dulcem natum" ("She saw her sweet son"), where note values grow longer to suggest vitality ebbing; Ms. Sampson made this a startling sensation, her voice dipping to a pained mutter.

For the most part, though, the events I saw during Carnegie's informal tournament — I missed St . Lukes and the Pittsburgh — achieved a striking consistency, in ways good and bad.

Berlusconi, instead of achieving a strike against the left, was forced by parliament to wind up the Mitrokhin Commission.

If achieving a goal strikes you as having many benefits beyond the goal itself, but you care too much about those added benefits, you are more likely to fail.

The organizers hope to achieve "a day of striking, marching, blocking roads, bridges, and squares, abstaining from domestic, care and sex work, boycotting, calling out misogynistic politicians and companies, striking in educational institutions".

Judy Pannullo, director of the Progressive Coalition, said the King Kullen strike achieved a breakthrough in terms of public support for the Long Island labor cause.

But after achieving a perfect strike rate on their singles, the Ting Tings' admirable quest for glossy, depthless pop perfection keeps coming up short.