startling
Speech parts
1. startling - Noun
2. startling - Adjective
3. startling - Verb
5. startling - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Startle
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Examples
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.
It has become apparent that art can have a startling impact without really being or saying anything startling - or new. The character itself of being startling, spectacular, or upsetting has become conventionalized, part of safe good taste.
The simplest things are the most startling.