Startling - definition, pronunciation, transcription
adjective
startling news
startling earthquake shocks
Extra examples
Startling new evidence came to light during the trial.
He made a startling discovery.
It is a city of startling contrasts.
Paddy's words had a startling effect on the children.
It is startling to read that his father never visited him in hospital.
Sydney's startling new Opera House
...his flat refusal of our reasonable request was rather startling...
...the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police...
...someone who displayed a startling complacence toward his own financial plight...
Critics have praised the movie's startling originality.
...sporadic loud noises kept startling everyone...
...when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling...
The first editors had tamed down some of the more startling statements of Pascal.
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