Sentence examples for Slightly astonishing from inspiring English sources

NEWARK — It's slightly astonishing that "Fly: Five First Ladies of Dance" hasn't had a longer season in the New York precincts since its premiere at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn in May of last year.

As a result of our slightly astonishing nonparticipation, the Israel-Syria negotiation has been taking place under the delighted auspices of the moderate, democratic, Islamically oriented government of Turkey.

A new study reports the slightly astonishing statistic that fully 85percentt of Facebook videos are played with the audio turned off.

The story exaggerates only slightly the astonishing speed with which rumors spread in large companies.

Admittedly, there are moments when the book's astonishing cleverness slightly gets in the way, becoming the thing you admire more than the deft characterisation.

Some of these are outstanding, like Mr. Schop's pollo a la brasa consomme, which puts soft pork belly, slick wontons and pickled mushrooms into an intensely smoky chicken broth of astonishing richness and slightly fiery flavor.

The photography of the space missions since the moon landings has been both astonishing and at times slightly disappointing.

But whatever happens this summer, there is no denying Iceland's glorious transformation, astonishing given a population slightly smaller than Coventry's.

His cenotaph is bigger than his wife's, but reflects the same elements: a larger casket on a slightly taller base, again decorated with astonishing precision with lapidary and calligraphy that identifies him.

"The moment that the Libyan rebels entered the Gaddafi compound was astonishing: and it was also slightly eerie.

Although the images are primarily straightforward documents, these warm-toned prints are often extraordinary — soft, slightly smudged, burnished by time, with an astonishing presence.