Example Sentences

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The disconnect between soaring tech stocks External link and the rest of the market is startling.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“It is startling, even today,” writes Mr. Meslow, a film and television critic, “how confidently the ‘Twin Peaks’ pilot script introduces its many, many characters.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

What is startling about the memoir is the disconnect between how the world viewed the young actor and how much it was clearly missing about him.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

And to be in the thick of it, without much in the way of denial left, is startling for those who wanted to deny it all along.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2024

The gesture is startling, atom-splitting, because it’s so unexpected, so tender.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson