Striking Meaning
/ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjMaking a strong impression.
"He looked quite striking in his new suit and tie."
"This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder."— 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
adjOn strike, taking part in industrial action.
"a striking employee"
verbpresent participle and gerund of strike
"These included dildos, butt plugs and ball gags made from walrus tusks, canes and other striking implements created from reindeer antlers, and a line of fetish clothing made from the pelts of whatever animals happened to get in their way."— 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 41:
nounThe act by which something strikes or is struck.
"We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?"— 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense, page 142:
Sentence Examples
The contrast between the sky and the mountain is striking.
He is a man of striking individuality.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a ____ red dress that caught everyone's attention.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There was a ____ resemblance between the two sisters, even though they were more than ten years apart.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a ____ red dress that caught everyone's attention.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There was a ____ resemblance between the two sisters, even though they were more than ten years apart.