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The phrase "as startling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare something to another thing that is surprising or shocking in nature.
Example: "The news was as startling as the sudden change in weather."
Alternatives: "as surprising" or "as shocking".
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The change was as startling as a card trick.
Their collapse was nearly as startling as the Giants'.
It is as startling as it is delightful.
What remains the same from future to future is often as startling as what's different.
The occasional gunshots are as startling as a sudden crack across the kneecap.
It is as startling as Ehret's brewery: It could accommodate a thousand patrons.
Aside from his one splendid inning, Lakman's strikeout totals were never as startling as Montgomery's.
While oversize, the domesticated Columbus statue is not as startling as I thought it would be.
On reflection, these figures are not as startling as they seem.
They feared gods who demanded sacrifices as startling as anything in a gothic novel.
Improvements cannot be as startling as the progress "Project Runway" contenders often demonstrate.
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