startling

Example Sentences

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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

It’s not going to be a quick, easy task even if the cancellation is starting to take place with startling speed: Chávez’s presence is as ubiquitous in Mexican American life as the Virgin of Guadalupe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

A spokesperson for the mayor said it was "startling" that SUVs were "77% more likely to kill a child if involved in a collision".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Anthropic late last year released Claude Opus 4.5, a model with startling new coding abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

It was a new and startling thing to me for ordinary friendship to be as off-limits as romance could be.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo