startler
- a word derived from startle.
Example Sentences
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This startler of a show gave a sense of what an art world New Normal looked and felt like when it hit more than half a century ago.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
Another startler was the wig hat, on which a cascade of hibiscus blossoms fell from a black felt pillbox, making the wearer look like Harpo Marx in an unusually casual moment.
From Time Magazine Archive
We’re going to give you a startler this time.
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
Seldom had Jack Ashton received such a startler.
From Settling Day by Gould, Nat
But we shall give him a startler too.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
