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.
• The stats are startling to Chen, who is bracing for a swell of need there.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
• The trick is to wear colors startling enough that on a gray day you won’t be mistaken for part of the hedge.
  — Ellen Hawley, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Its pace of improvement over just the past year has been startling.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• But the startling thing is the 12-month gain of that index through May was only 1.2 percent.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 July 2023
• The planned 17-minute display became a startling, fiery fusillade of less than a minute.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Stubbs saw something startling while searching the home.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Now, the startling long-term repercussions of the scandal are revealed.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• Clegg was almost startling in his effusive praise of the board.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
• The other main reason is that the on/off numbers are still pretty startling.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
• While the scary moments can be startling and loud, most are not for sustained for long periods of time.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• When the world’s largest four-day workweek trial concluded a year ago, the results were startling.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
• In a startling turn, after months of investigating, Alex was charged with the murders of his wife and youngest son.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• Among the most startling findings in the new report is the jump in suicide rates compared to past generations.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• There are many unwelcome pests that can enter our homes, but one of the most startling to discover is a rat.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
• Eerie on its own or layered with a garland, these novelty lights are a little startling—but that’s the whole point.
  — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• The Hawkeyes are defined by player of the year candidate Caitlin Clark, she of the logo 3-point shooting and startling court awareness.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023
• In these illusions, in this startling emptiness, all of life's baggage fell away.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• The flip side of Ukraine’s startling unity and spirit was Russia’s incompetence in the field of battle.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 2 June 2023
• Still, the results were startling when I was shown a comparison clip alongside an iPhone 14 Pro.
  — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
• The novel also contains some of Woolf’s most startling sentences.
  — Micah Mattix, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• The American Academy of Pediatrics takes a close look at the startling new numbers—and what can be done about it.
  — Sarah Scott, Parents, 4 Mar. 2024
• The learning curve in practice has diminished considerably, and his rapid rise over the first two weeks of camp has been at times startling.
  — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• The result is startling: The water dropping on us is actually not that gross.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 25 July 2023
• His bounce is startling, his hang time noteworthy, but not as awe-inducing as James’.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• In 1995, explorer Johan Reinhard made a startling discovery on the frigid peaks of the Andes.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• In time, researchers came to a startling realization about what had happened.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• The content can be startling in its blasé depictions of violence.
  — Andrew Burton, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024