- interesting and unusual enough to attract attention synonym marked
- a striking feature
- She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister.
- In striking contrast to their brothers, the girls were both intelligent and charming.
- The similarities between the two cases are striking.
Language Bank surprisingsurprisingHighlighting interesting data- What is surprising about these results is that men are more likely to be left-handed than women.
- Surprisingly, men are more likely to be left-handed than women.
- Interestingly, even when both parents are left-handed, there is still only a 26 per cent chance of their children being left-handed.
- One of the most interesting findings is that only 2 per cent of the left-handers surveyed have two left-handed parents.
- It is interesting to note that people are more likely to be left-handed if their mother is left-handed than if their father is.
- The most striking feature of these results is that left-handed mothers are more likely to have left-handed children.
Extra Examples- The picture was striking in its simplicity.
- What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.
- The painting is a striking example of nineteenth-century portraiture.
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- very attractive, often in an unusual way synonym stunning
- striking good looks
- She was undoubtedly a very striking young woman.
- That hat looks very striking.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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