striking
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,274 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,674 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect also: dramatic, spectacular a dramatic sunseta dramatic pause
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention also: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedoma new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
noun
- the physical coming together of two or more things also: contact, impinging contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
- the act of contacting one thing with another also: hit, hitting repeated hitting raised a large bruiseafter three misses she finally got a hit
striking in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Maxence started up suddenly, and, striking his head with hand, “Ah, I understand now!” he exclaimed.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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They ran hither and thither in the greatest terror, striking their antennae one against the other.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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And you can say that that was caused by a splinter of a shell striking my head.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Even then he was the most striking figure in Starkfield, though he was but the ruin of a man.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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He was handsome as Adonis, every feature perfect, and striking in its manly beauty, yet there was nothing feminine about him.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1