Sentence examples for actually startling from inspiring English sources
That's nothing new, but what is surprising, actually startling, is that in "The Dark Knight," which picks up the story after the first film ends, Mr. Nolan has turned Batman (again played by the sturdy, stoic Mr. Bale) into a villain's sidekick.
It's not actually that startling a departure, just a new way of saying: "I am a singer in my 40s; I can do nuanced music for grownups".
In an age when a lazy, ironic detachment is broadcasting's default setting, where everything from pop radio to children's TV to early evening light entertainment comes with a knowing smirk, it's actually rather startling to hear.
[Laughs.] But it is actually quite startling when it happens.
Well, there are actually some startling statistics about that.
They in turn oversee an underclass of millions of temporary migrants primarily from India, Pakistan Sri Lanka and the Philippines, the ones actually building the startling new skyline that so awed George W. Bush.
This is actually one of a startling double-bill of ape-centred films out this week, the other being James Marsh's Project Nim, reviewed below.
The thrumming bass reverberations that abstractly mark the beginning of the song are refreshingly ambiguous in aural quality: though startling, they actually magnify the presence of the song's quavering vocals.
While it can be startling to actually make a connection, it is important to maintain control of the situation.
Local critic Elizabeth Maupin writes: "The concept is so startling that it actually works".
