startlingly

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Startlingly different compositional styles are mapped acutely onto Mr. Jackson’s distinctive word rhythms while bringing out his underlying themes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Startlingly few leaders have taken this lesson to heart in the 24 centuries since.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024

But the timing has raised suspicions that she's using it to divert attention from her own SUV - as in Startlingly Unnecessary Voyage.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

Startlingly sudden shifts of meter and/or harmony are a trademark.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Startlingly as the revelation had come, to Ruxton it was revelation.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell