Sentence examples for but it was startling from inspiring English sources

What happened wasn't particularly funny, but it was startling.

But it was startling to see just how flagrant it was.

All this equipment was familiar from the emergency department, but it was startling to see it here in an environment more used to psychology, occupational therapy and pills.

OK, possession statistics do not mean bonus points but it was startling, nonetheless, to see how one team took care of the ball and the other did not.

Conventions are always full of cheap applause lines and over-the-top attacks, but it was startling to hear how many speakers in Tampa considered it acceptable to make points that had no basis in reality.

This may sound like good news to anyone who has ever dieted, but it was startling news to dieting researchers.

One of his most celebrated early paintings The Cahill Expressway from 1962 is a scene reminiscent of Georgio de Chirico, but it is startling in its own right for its recognisability as an Sydney scene and doubly so for its timeless quality.

They knew it was coming, but it's startling anyway.

The setting is idyllic, but it is startling how little Otoo, his wife and six children have.

But it is startling how a blot on the landscape can gnaw at people like an aching tooth.

But it is startling to see those designations laid matter-of-factly alongside a term of magic.