arrestive
Example Sentences
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Her beautiful white shoulders showed up the duskiness of her hair; her head was distinguished and arrestive.
From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma
It was an arrestive rather than a beautiful face, though charming enough when she smiled.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
Similarly he could disguise his voice, the natural tones of which were low, monotonous, and of no arrestive quality.
From The Grey Room by Phillpotts, Eden
Before turning to one rather arrestive parallel, a word may be said on Graetz's idea, that Canticles uses the expression "love's arrows."
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
His attitude was arrestive as an obelisk and uncircuitable as a labyrinth.
From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar
