Example sentences for: striking

How can you use “striking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Also, it's the NYT that makes the striking point that despite all the day's presentations and those to come, the rules of impeachment leave senators "free to vote as they choose for whatever reasons they cho[o]se or for no stated reason at all, without regard to the usual rules of evidence."

  • The Romanesque façade makes a striking contrast with the eight Byzantine cupolas and two minaret-like towers around a central Gothic cone-shaped dome, reminiscent of Venice’s Basilica San Marco.

  • A time-locked city of rich russet browns and weathered ochres, Siena is as perfectly medieval as greystone Florence is a Renaissance showcase, yet contrasts with its centuries-old rival to the north are striking and inevitable.

  • Both ERs enhance transcription from genes with classical estrogen response elements (EREs), but ERα requires less ligand to obtain maximal activation than ERβ [ 25 26 ] . Likewise, both ERs suppress the activity of the TNFα promoter in response to estrogens, but ERβ is a more potent repressor than ERα [ 27 ] . However, some of the most striking isoform-specific differences in gene regulation are observed at promoters, such as that of cyclin D1, which contain AP-1 sites or related cyclic AMP response elements (CREs).

  • What is striking about the ensemble of her works on display (more than 100 pieces) is her freedom.


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