Sentence examples for arresting sentence from inspiring English sources

The essay began with the arresting sentence, "It was my research editor who told me it was completely nuts to willingly" have sex "at gunpoint".

("I was 19 years old when I first held a human brain," we are told in the book's opening, arresting sentence).

Even Mr. Bush's rival for the presidency understands that, which may explain why he begins his Internet campaign biography with the arresting sentence, "Al Gore served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam".

Then I came across an arresting sentence.

The review kicked off with an arresting sentence: "It's not very manly, the topic of weeping while reading".

The review kicked off with an arresting sentence: "It's not very manly, the topic of weeping while reading". And it ended with another one: "The cumulative welling up I experienced during 'Wild' was partly a response to that too infrequent sight — that of a writer finding her voice, and sustaining it, right in front of your eyes". I wanted very badly to read this book.

Jenkins writes in short, arresting sentences, as immediate as stage directions.

Revolutionary Troikas were created to arrest, sentence and execute people.

You will be arrested, sentenced and executed as long as we know you killed someone.

"You will be arrested, sentenced and executed as long as we determine that you killed someone".

Again, he was arrested, sentenced to 32 weeks and released after 16.