Sentence examples for arresting detail from inspiring English sources
The phrase "arresting detail" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a striking or captivating element in a narrative or description that draws attention. Example: "The artist included an arresting detail in the painting that made it truly unforgettable."
As narrative history, the book is a masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail.
An especially arresting detail: the pianist's hands are completely exposed and available for viewing; they flit about the keyboard like dancers on a stage.
That's a grim, arresting detail, and yet it makes up no part of the lumpen dramatic fabric of "On the Levee," which was conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet.
In one triptych, Present Form Exposed, a long-hidden, blue interior dating from the ice age is revealed in arresting detail, the stains and crevices disrupting the illusion of placid nature that holds sway in some of the other landscapes.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson; £18.99With a fresh perspective and a fine eye for arresting detail, James Kynge brings alive all the complexities, contradictions and characters that are the features of China's whirlwind development.______________________________________________In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India By Edward Luce.
Following the rake's progress, Ms. Tillyard surveys, in arresting detail, the sexual stock exchange in which lovely young flower sellers and shopgirls traded up, thanks to patrons like Edward, to a life of luxury, notoriety and, in some cases, a nice pension.
In Nico Muhly's arresting "Detailed Instructions" he eliminates the violins and doubles up on violas and cellos.
Ruff spices up his tale with a wealth of arresting details, like the three-cornered hats worn by American militants in homage to the minutemen of the Revolutionary War.
Although he is a historian of the grand sweep, his book is full of arresting details, quirky sidelights, telling quotes and delightful laconic humour.
In each Piston's consummate skill came through in impeccably judged architecture, but also in a steady supply of arresting details: bluesy bent notes, brassy fanfares and other stylistic turns of phrase that caught the ear and stuck.
Her opening dance — "Mayur Alarippu," evoking the peacock — abounded in arresting details of style: tiny shudders, little trills of the feet and richly volumetric use of arm gestures to open up the surrounding space.
