1. I apologize for startling you.

2. The juxtaposition of these two remarks was startling.

3. Enter Bringhurst, stage left, with a startling proposition.

4. And we came to a startling conclusion.

5. 9 Her skin was a startling white.

6. And this is what we found, and it's startling.

7. He was capable of writing things of startling originality.

8. We think we've corroborated some startling first - hand observations.

9. Rory Carroll sets out Ecuador's startling oil proposal.

10. 14 Humanity is a startling exception to this rule.

11. 6 He made some startling admissions about his past.

12. 4 Her technical accomplishment on the piano is startling.

13. The degree of Correspondence between the two texts is startling

14. 6 These myths have a startling likeness to one another.

15. 15 Darden's examination of the witness produced no startling evidence.

16. 8 The design is pretty startling and very boldly coloured.

17. Paddy's words had a startling effect on the children.

18. A startling cultural transformation occurred in post - war Britain.

19. 19 A wild, startling, and often quite beautiful melange.

20. 16 The conclusion which is reached is quite startling.

21. 2 A wild, startling, and often quite beautiful melange.

22. 9 But that was not the final startling event involving Elisha.

23. Her beauty was so startling that it mysteriously approached the comic.

24. To avoid startling your listeners, do not change pace abruptly.

25. 7 He was capable of writing things of startling originality.

26. 5 A startling cultural transformation occurred in post - war Britain.

27. 2 These myths have a startling likeness to one another.

28. I am sorry my voice is so startling to you.

29. Hitler's early'successes " were only the startling depredations of a resolute felon.

30. Suddenly you hear in the distance a shrill, startling sound.

31. 12 The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance.

32. 1 Paddy's words had a startling effect on the children.

33. 4 These myths have a startling likeness to one another.

34. 18 The most startling innovation was the introduction of juries.

35. 13 The effect was to be startling and highly visible.

36. 3 The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance.

37. Inspection of the comparative figures is both instructive and startling.

38. 29 He still had enough rural conservatism to find this directness startling.

39. 12 She uses animal sounds to create startling effect in her music.

40. 3 Frankly, repentance would be a startling concept for that audience.

41. What's the most startling stash you've found in some one's house?

42. He still had enough rural conservatism to find this directness startling.

43. Jesus made what startling statement, and what may Peter have wondered?

44. Monolithic notions of sanctity reveal a startling reliance on hierarchical thinking.

45. 20 Shouts from the open window startling evening in the quadrangle.

46. 25 "Frankly I found it rather frightening." — "A little startling," Mark agreed.

47. 22 Her beauty was so startling that it mysteriously approached the comic.

48. The consistency and pervasiveness of this effect is startling, perhaps even disconcerting.

49. 8 With a startling cry you will contend with her when sending her away.

50. So this has actually been a little bit startling to the game- development community.

51. This startling event will take place, not by human efforts, but by divine intervention.

52. 24 Jane wrote a letter to a newspaper. This letter contained some startling allegations.

53. He thoroughly searched the house and came up with some startling and damning evidence.

54. They will cut office overheads by startling amounts and be the new cost leaders.

55. Let me make a prediction for you, which is probably even more startling.

56. 26 He asked us to be quiet and then made a startling announcement.

57. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder rolled and boomed .

58. There is a startling split between men's and women's views of sexual harassment.

59. Ken Kalfus’s The Commissariat of Enlightenment has some brilliant passages of startling and beautiful descriptions

60. Many environmental lobbyists oppose even researching climate engineering. This is startling, given the manifold benefits.

61. THE world situation that we just reviewed was forecast with startling accuracy in the Bible.

62. But what was startling was the emaciation of his face. It was like a skull.

63. Auscultate’s unique arrangements allow us to hear its influences in a startling new light

64. 10 It is startling to read that his father never visited him in hospital.

65. Her eyes were a startling violet colour that made her look incredibly strong-minded.

66. 11 The report has turned the spotlight on the startling rise in street crime.

67. A bird flew by the window startling the queen and she pricked her finger .

68. The music of Wagner was distinguished by startling innovations in chord progressions and dissonance.

69. Synonyms for Catchpenny include sensationalistic, lurid, screaming, sensational, sensationalist, gee-whiz, shocking, startling, scandalous and melodramatic

70. A JEW named Andrew made the above startling announcement to his brother over 1,950 years ago.

71. 20 n January 19 the anthropologist Margaret Mead published a startling little essay in TV Guide.

72. But in 1993 the startling answer is that a shutdown by banks might be cataclysmic.

73. Synonyms for Affrighting include scaring, frightening, terrifying, alarming, startling, shocking, horrifying, panicking, terrorising and terrorizing

74. In the wake of this startling admission, AIDS information hot lines were jammed with calls.

75. n January 19 the anthropologist Margaret Mead published a startling little essay in TV Guide.

76. My phone rang just after eleven, so startling I broke my pencil on my notepad.

77. Little that is unfathomable or startling passes through the mind of a Minister preparing legislation.

78. As Chase progresses through the investigation, startling secrets about her past life begin to immerge.

79. Now when we do that, we discover some startling things about mental illness from a global perspective.

80. It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions.