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.

  • Even on its own terms this analysis is startlingly cynical.

  • 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).

  • Nevertheless, national politicians (notably Al Gore) are feasting on the issue, which a pollster calls "startlingly on track with voters."

  • Because ticket prices are kept startlingly low (in order to encourage local students to attend), advance reservations are essential.


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