Sentence examples for first startling from inspiring English sources

On assuming power, one of her first startling remarks had to do with her desire to turn Calcutta into London.

The first startling element to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's historic Irish tour – the first by a British monarch since 1912 – is the time.

Damian Woetzel, another of the company's younger dancers, danced two solos with an athletic grace and energy that was at first startling but never inappropriate.

The juxtaposition of two artists who appear worlds apart is at first startling, but the sheer beauty of the works turns the encounter into a summit conference between masters of eloquent form.

The first startling discovery came when he saw that the poorest pockets of Richmond weren't also the places with the highest eviction rates, challenging explanations other Richmond housing experts had offered.

A later battle concludes in a way that feels first startling, then inevitable and deeply sad, a decision underscored by Johnson's wise decision to lay off the movie's iconic score.

For Voulkos' art, it marked a second startling climax.

"The second startling piece of information was that those people who really fear that religious traditions are going to be undercut are those who are non-religious," he noted.

The harmonies of the opening measures of the first movement, startling to 18th-century ears, offended some listeners and critics.

The fact that the Earth and the universe will come to an end some day is at first glance startling — but if we think about it, every single thing we know of has a beginning and an end.

The Mumbai-born musician, who appears Sunday at Joe's Great American Bar & Grill, seems, at first, a startling anomaly, but his atmospheric, dynamic brand of blues gleams with an undeniable appeal.