startling

Example Sentences

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The pale green color was fading into a startling white.

From Literature

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

From Literature

Galleries on the outer courts were often tens deep, while the image of thousands of Filipinos queuing in line to watch their idol Alexandra Eala was startling.

From BBC

Frank showed him the kitchen, the boot room, the larder stocked with herbs and jars of preserves and beans and a startling number of tins of anchovies.

From Literature

Today, Wall Street uses the term “debasement trade” to describe the startling run-up of gold’s price.

From Barron's