How to Use startling in a Sentence

startling

adjective

• It is a city of startling contrasts.
• Startling new evidence came to light during the trial.
• He made a startling discovery.
• And that’s where things took a startling turn.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
• The first was the most startling for both teams and fan bases.
  — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
• What’s more startling is that two-thirds of them are in school.
  — Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• The speed of the solar surge has been startling.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
• A lot of things have happened in my life that are so startling.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
• The cold cost of the transfer laid bare is startling.
  — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• Plus, the amount of iron was also startling.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
• Which is why the cannons were so startling.
  — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
• In more recent years, the shift has been even more startling.
  — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• There's a startling new plastic surgery trend.
  — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
• There's a startling new plastic surgery trend.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• The study shows a startling pattern.
  — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
• The sequence of events is startling.
  — David French, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
• More startling, though, was his passing.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
• The mids and highs have a crisp clarity that can be startling at times.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
• As the cars ripped by on the track, the speed is startling, and almost doesn’t make sense.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
• Its pace of improvement over just the past year has been startling.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• The speed with which the film got written and produced was startling.
  — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
• But things took a startling turn during one of the rehearsals for the show.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
• While the air puff might be somewhat startling, the test is painless.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 27 July 2025
• Bale’s startling as a good guy who’s in danger of going bad.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
• But what was more startling was the field in the document to the right of her name.
  — John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
• The stats are startling to Chen, who is bracing for a swell of need there.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
• Most startling -- the flesh of the fruits were tested after they were peeled.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Mar. 2021
• The halting speech of wide-eyed, lantern-jawed Fenet is startling.
  — Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2020
• Other effects were startling in a good way.
  — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
• Still, the most startling epiphanies arrived to her through food.
  — Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2021