The phrase "arresting fact" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fact that captures attention or is striking in nature.
Example: "The most arresting fact about the study was that over 70% of participants reported feeling happier after just one week of mindfulness practice."
Alternatives: "captivating fact" or "striking fact".
In itself, this is an arresting fact.
"Well, the Falklands actually get less snow than your home region!" Tony replied, seeming confident that she would be as delighted by this arresting fact as he was.
In that reflecting, they have encountered what, for great numbers of parents, is an arresting fact -- that the gulf is sometimes legally enforced.
Perhaps the most arresting fact about the Scottish referendum is this: that there is no newspaper – local, regional or national, English or Scottish – that supports independence except the Sunday Herald.
Their starting point is the arresting fact that a quarter or more of Medicare costs are incurred in the last year of life, which suggests that we are squandering a fortune to buy a few weeks or months of a life spent hooked to machinery and consumed by fear and discomfort.
But here an arresting fact emerges: according to its records at Companies House, Renewal was originally set up and part-owned by the previous mayor of Lewisham.
The report, titled "Lions on the Move," includes an array of arresting facts from the firm's business and economics research arm, the McKinsey Global Institute.
She has a columnist's talent for seizing on arresting facts and locating the sort of outrageous incident guaranteed to make the blood boil.
Sullivan, who casts his net very wide, does haul in some arresting facts.
E.Jane is also diligent in finding arresting facts about the series and tweeting it out under the #Cindygate umbrella, for instance, that "In May 2011, the 'Bus Riders' series sold for $206,500 at Christie's Auction House".
She was regretful about being arrested; in fact, she collapsed from nervousness at one court hearing.
