Sentence examples for striking world from inspiring English sources

One is "Dawn of Glory," a striking World War I memorial at Jamaica Avenue and Cleveland Street in Highland Park in Brooklyn.

That almost everyone wearing blue in an arena named for Rupp was white except for Smith and the majority of his players, well, that's another commentary on the complex, contradictory and visually striking world of collegiate sports.

A hard-living crank with a trademark mustache, he sang his wry tales of losers and jilted lovers in a striking, world-weary baritone.

Set in a striking steampunk world, where gunpowder has been banned, it features three factions fighting each other in designated war-zones (essentially, a fancy name for enclosed levels).

Others incorporated mechanical complications, like chronograph, alarm setting or striking mechanisms, world-time indicators, or repeaters.

While Quant imagines the decay of the dead: "Soil accepts for a serious purpose / The jettisoned blood of jokes and dreams.. ." And Rosetta imagines, with striking prescience, the world to come: "Odourless ages, an ordered world / Of planned pleasures and passport-control, / Sentry-go sedatives, soft drinks and / Managed money, a moral planet / Tamed by terror...".

This is especially striking in the world of dance.

The Mexican Constitution prevents Pemex from doing what would be standard practice anywhere else in the world — striking partnerships with private companies to share costs and revenue.

Yet Ms. Bassman – who died on Monday in New York at the age of 94 – showed all along a vision that was as ethereal as it was graphically striking, evoking a world of gauzy portraits with sharp contrasts and romantic moods.

NEW YORK — In a sale of striking contrasts, sensational world records were set for some Old Masters, while abrupt failure hit others in Christie's traditional winter auction of Old Master paintings on Wednesday.

Yes, it would have made for some striking headlines this week – WORLD LEADERS AGREE ON NEW BODY TO SAVE PLANET, perhaps – and they would be smiling for the final photo-call.