the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
Used in a Sentence
striking
How to use striking in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for striking.
Editorial note
Most striking and appalling is the lack of common sense and basic empathy throughout this whole ordeal.
Examples8
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of striking gathered in one view.
the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for striking.
noun
the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
noun
the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
adjective
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
See also: dramatic, spectacular
adjective
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
See also: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular
Example sentences
Most striking and appalling is the lack of common sense and basic empathy throughout this whole ordeal.
Maybe this is a good idea, I don't know about X/Wayland enough to say. But it worries me that Ubuntu is increasingly striking out on its own.
[1]\nThe parallels are striking : Whatsapp is to messaging today what Hotmail was to messaging in the late '90s.
It doesn't actually match reality, but it does give some striking intuition about how particle physics works.
Having lived in the US, and then having encountered 'servants' in other countries, a striking difference is the respect for the person when they are not 'on duty'.
I've spent the last few years seeing the world, and the difference in attitudes between the people of many other countries and Americans at home is striking.
That page includes a striking way to explain the other systems to Americans: These four models should be fairly easy for Americans to understand because we have elements of all of them in our fragmented national health care apparatus.
PSD was never intended to be a data interchange format: it is the serialization format of a single program that has more individual unrelated features that actual people rely on than almost any other piece of software and has maintained striking amounts of backwards compatibility and almost unbroken forwards compatibility during its over two decades of existence.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use striking in a sentence?
Most striking and appalling is the lack of common sense and basic empathy throughout this whole ordeal.
What does striking mean?
the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
What part of speech is striking?
striking is commonly used as noun, adjective.