startling
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Moseley says the exact opposite: "There is really high-quality work on masking, and it's startling and upsetting to see such work be denigrated."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I watched through all hours of the night and at one point screamed into my phone ‘YOU’VE GOT THIS, JACKIE!’ startling my entire family awake.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The record alternates patient mood pieces like this one with more melodic tunes with startling shifts in volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I have still sat across from friends who lost a startling amount of weight in a startling amount of time and said nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the waiting, she fell asleep herself, startling awake only when she heard the floorboards singing a song she hadn’t heard before.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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