: attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities
a place of striking beauty
strikingly
adverb
Examples of striking in a Sentence
The poverty of the city is striking.
There is a striking resemblance between the girls.
an actress known for her striking good looks
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Perhaps the most striking leadership insight was Shapiro's rejection of traditional top-down models.
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This is a striking contrast to Western humanoids such as Tesla’s Optimus, Figure’s models, or Apptronik’s Apollo, which are usually priced two to three times higher, while highly advanced robots like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas can cost millions.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Edmontosaurs were probably pretty striking to look at with a long, low skull and one of the most prominent duck-bill snouts of any hadrosaur.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Operating from Auckland, New Zealand, the outfit handles north of 100 titles and maintains a presence at Cannes, Berlin and AFM, championing visually striking material and cultivating ongoing relationships with genre filmmakers globally.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This is a striking contrast to Western humanoids such as Tesla’s Optimus, Figure’s models, or Apptronik’s Apollo, which are usually priced two to three times higher, while highly advanced robots like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas can cost millions.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Edmontosaurs were probably pretty striking to look at with a long, low skull and one of the most prominent duck-bill snouts of any hadrosaur.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Operating from Auckland, New Zealand, the outfit handles north of 100 titles and maintains a presence at Cannes, Berlin and AFM, championing visually striking material and cultivating ongoing relationships with genre filmmakers globally.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Striking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striking. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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