striking image

collocation in English

meaningsofstrikingandimage

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striking
adjective
uk
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/
very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot ...
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image
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandimagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the voice of the newspaper-boy appears as the moststrikingimageof the urban as a force that crosses the threshold between the public (masculine) and domestic (feminine) space.
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She summed up her disgust with onestrikingimage.
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It is astrikingimageof a nation living in a place, and the place was the language.
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Visually it is a difficult object, but with adequate exposure, makes astrikingimage.
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What should we see in this simple butstrikingimage?
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He gives astrikingimageof a world in which humans are constantly bombarded by music, advertisement, propaganda and communication.
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Advertising posters linked striking images with brand names.
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Some of this advice was illustrated with striking images.
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Some striking images of stromatolitic textures complement a chapter on desert varnishes, and there is extensive treatment of textures revealing growth histories in glauconite.
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Casey's posters generally consisted of astrikingimageor bold typography, accompanied by informational details in small text.
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Poets, also, have drawn on the railway world for striking images.
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Agitprop art had been designed to catch the masses' attention, to agitate and revolutionize workers by addressing them directly with the help of striking images and sounds.
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We retain striking images and messages from what we saw and heard.
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He was able to convey striking images using only two or three colors.
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This led to a lifetime of photography that captures striking images of intimate human conditions, with an unwavering eye.
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His striking images have an unimposing, intimate quality.
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The maxims are expressed in exact formulas, and are illustrated by striking images.
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The excellent reproduction of the artist's drawings in the form of chromolithographs lends a tactile quality to these striking images.
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Moreover, the author invents striking images and metaphors, writing almost lyrically at times.
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Perhaps one of the town's most striking images, in addition to the castle, is the group of three tower blocks of flats near the town centre.
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