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

His attitude was arrestive as an obelisk and uncircuitable as a labyrinth.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar

They were of a flamboyant Italian period, and more arrestive than distinguished.

From The Grey Room by Phillpotts, Eden

The Swinburne collocation of delicate bosom and death is both arrestive and interesting.

From Ptomaine Street by Wells, Carolyn

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