Sentence examples for a bit startling for from inspiring English sources

For a while, it was a bit startling for me and my husband to hear Della tangle with her brother and declare, in her 5-year-old voice that he "wouldn't see the light of day" unless he handed over her toy.

"If you look at some of the research on the history of the lake, it was predicted this could happen," Bond said, "but for it to actually happen is a bit startling".

Weird, a bit startling and ever so slightly brilliant.

But it is a bit startling to a busy, hustling American".

Even if we knew that was happening, it was a bit startling to contemplate.

It was a pretty good adaptation, if a bit startling on the nostalgia front ("Good Lord, James Wilby, whatever happened to him?").

The audience's uproarious approval is a bit startling, but exactly right.

The other was breathtaking in its logic but a bit startling.

In fact, the list of recent annoyances, compromises and minor battles lost is a bit startling.

To many in the region, it is a bit startling that the songs have even escaped the area.

And it's a bit startling to encounter the actual casino when you've become accustomed to its Hollywood back-lot representation.