Example sentences for: startlingly

How can you use “startlingly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Songs that I hoped never to hear again--"Hold Your Head Up," "Take It Easy," "Band on the Run," "Free Bird"--sound, in context, startlingly fresh, and Dunph's brown corduroy jacket looks like the one I persisted in wearing into the late '80s when a girlfriend finally took the initiative to drop it down a garbage chute.

  • After all, even if you use an unadjusted CPI, the standard of living of the median family (50 th percentile) in 1950 America appears startlingly low by current standards.

  • Thigh-high black boots rose startlingly up from his skates, set off by a laced-up white doublet with big slashed sleeves and a big collar.

  • It costs $349, startlingly high for a clock radio but not unreasonable if the claims are not overstated.

  • The Peak Tram starts its scenic climb just across the street and around the corner from the American Consulate in Garden Road and makes its way, sometimes at a startlingly steep incline, to the summit at 398 m (1,305 ft).


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