startling

Example Sentences

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It was startling — the opposite of an oasis in the desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Depression and desensitization are fueled by easy access to the most startling, graphic images one could imagine, all one click away.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Turning in startling performances in such modest films as “Steve” and “Small Things Like These.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Forecasts for AI’s disruption of the job market, however, bear a startling resemblance to early predictions for the metaverse.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

“Hello,” all fifty or sixty tiny men said at once, startling Otto and Sheed.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles