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Example sentences for: startling

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Lanzarote is a startling place, representing the triumph of civilization over a hostile environment, and the entire island has been declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
Peppered with wordplay, startling visual imagery, and near misses by the two lovers, the film has only one flaw, according to critics, namely that all the fancy footwork verges on becoming too self-conscious.
Bell's fleeting discussion of the "sixties" cultural events--so in the foreground of American life circa 1973--is somewhat startling with hindsight.
He writes up his alarming conclusions in a 473-page book; full of startling facts about the changes underway in technology and the global market; larded with phrases in Japanese, German, Chinese, and even Malay; and punctuated with occasional barbed remarks about the blinkered vision of conventional economists.
The piece is the source of the startling, much-repeated O.J. quote: "Let's say I committed this crime.