Sentence examples for but startling from inspiring English sources

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It's mild but startling.

It was blunted wit, but startling for a commercial carrier.

Taylor hallmarks are plentifully in evidence, but startling features are more so.

"If," the Butcher says, past bridgework that he often pops out with his tongue as a joking but startling reminder of his brutal past life.

I have often thought back to "Shards" (1987), a bleak but startling work of his that hasn't been seen in 20 years.

— Patrick Farrell The Economist: That land of lager louts and beer-belly pride — Britain — is undergoing a subtle but startling transformation: beer is getting weaker.

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"At Bristol harbor a sweet but startling-looking girl appeared on the wall hugging a large bomb instead of a Barbie doll.

But, crucially, this is anything but a "startling shift".

It is sheer, but with startling heft.

But equally startling was the progressive message underlying his faux misanthropy.

There is nothing to stop us but our startling lack of commitment".

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