Sentence examples for a startling blend of from inspiring English sources
The campaign was a startling blend of the oldest tactics of an authoritarian government — stoking fears of foreigners — with the air of sincerity of a repentant order.
By Andrea Walker April 8 , 2009**{:.mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image}Farrah Field's "Rising" features the paintings of Colette Calascione, whose work is a startling blend of surrealism and classical portraiture.
Here, Mr. Transtromer carefully sets up several interconnecting themes: the act of creation (which is why the windshield is coated with pollen, not dust); the difficulties of perception (he is behind an occluded screen wearing dark glasses); and the surprising, unplannable nature of art (notice the startling blend of sight and sound in "birdsong darkens").
This startling contrast, a combustible blend of almost painfully personal revelations and familiar political realities, was why people could watch the speech open-mouthed and then have such different reactions afterward.
When I first saw the book, "How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants," I was amazed by its tone, which blended satire of how-to manuals and an affection for them with a startling amount of interesting information.
A startling piece of news.
A startling number of Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and South Asian-Americans.
A startling number of the victims are schoolchildren.
