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Meanings of eye-catching in English

Seizing the attention.

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        It was Phoenix, in an attention-getting slinky red dress and four-inch-high stilettos.
        The Demon Lover
        2
        At this point everybody in the family heard the attention-getting noises.
        Ghosts
        3
        Thorndyke parried this attention-getting question: Mine is of no consequence.
        Highways in Hiding
        4
        It's another of her attention-getting schemes, the stuck-up little bitch.
        Hell to pay
        5
        Ohio's Governor John Kasich made some attention-getting comments this week about poverty and poor neighborhoods.
        Ebony
        Usage of eye-catching in English
        1
        These numbers may be eye-catching, but they are certainly subject to change.
        The South African
        2
        NETHERLANDS: It has to be the most eye-catching way of harnessing energy.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Disappointing results caused some of the most eye-catching falls in early trading.
        Reuters
        4
        It is his comments on genetics that are the most eye-catching, however.
        The Guardian
        5
        Yet bankers say the eye-catching features are more than just marketing stunts.
        Reuters
        6
        The most eye-catching of these three trades' positioning last week was sterling.
        Reuters
        7
        You're also bright, eye-catching and seem much closer than you really are.'
        Dating the rebel tycoon
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        The pragmatist in Conte will make this eye-catching transfer fit his needs.
        The Guardian
        9
        SCOTLAND ▲ 3 The party-poopers but nonetheless eye-catching in bursting Japan's bubble.
        The Guardian
        10
        There they stayed until making up eye-catching late headway in the straight.
        The Guardian
        11
        So it is really a maturing moment. His athletic credentials are eye-catching.
        Reuters
        12
        Those are eye-catching figures for the poster boy of the hybrid generation.
        The Irish Times
        13
        They're part of an eye-catching exhibition on the art of selling songs.
        BBC
        14
        With Kevin, everyone was expecting it to be more eye-catching, more televisual.
        The Guardian
        15
        O'Connor and Secareanu make eye-catching breakthrough turns within a very fine ensemble.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Put it on a shelf or worktop and it is instantly eye-catching.
        The Irish Times
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