Sentence examples for striking event from inspiring English sources

Now comes a striking event.

While no longer of great scientific import, as it was to Rittenhouse and Captain Cook, a Venus transit is still a rare and striking event, occurring in pairs, eight years apart, about once a century.

The most striking event during the passage of the human fertilisation and embryology bill three years ago was the protest staged by hundreds of members of the public at Westminster against the possible extension of embryo research to animal hybrids.

The first striking event in the temporal dynamics of activations leading to intention understanding is the occurrence, after an initial bilateral activation (step 1), of activation of the left hemisphere (step 2).

The introduction of adaptors is the most striking event in the origin of the translation system.

The striking event occurred early after pathogen infection is the rapid production and accumulation of ROS, such as and H2O2, known as the oxidative burst.

THE fall of Richmond is one of the most striking events of modern history.

* By contrast, striking events that took place months before Election Day have fizzled as campaign issues.

Most writers plod through the "striking events" of the narrative and fill in the gaps with dialogue, description and commentary.

In all the most striking events of his life so far, this burly, garrulous figure had been beside him.

Though this was also the subject of yesterday's blog, even as I wrote it two striking events – one in fact an important non-event – vindicated it.