Sentence examples for he was startling from inspiring English sources

He was "startling", "fierce", "like a tiger", "extraordinary", "outstanding".

I headed downstairs, and there he was, startling me in a back stairwell, reading his BlackBerry an inch from his wire-rim glasses.

The curiosity he had was startling.

Mr. Ginkas, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday, is famous for his provocations, and he again was startling in his inventiveness.

What he found was startling: every great scientist was not only accomplished in his field but in the fine arts as well.

What he had to say was startling.

"It was startling," he said.

The sight, when he did come in, was startling.

"The experience of seeing violence in the streets of Bangkok was startling," he says.

"It was startling," he said, remembering how the Knicks scored 6 points in the final 27 seconds.

The change in the shallow, sandy waters was startling, he said.