arresting

Example Sentences

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The Metropolitan Police has said it will resume arresting protesters for supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Here was a film trying so hard to convince the audience of its highbrowness that it lost the genuinely arresting effect these smaller-tier Hoover adaptations have by simply being honest with the audience.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“They were arresting me for disturbing the peace,” Wheeler said about the noise complaints he received while playing in his garage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Some of the most arresting work came from the Clarion Choir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy