A childlike view of heaven, with clouds of blue chiffon suspended above a female ensemble in the same chiffon, ushered in a startling passage.
Next morning, in a startling half hour, bad news.
Instead, contradictory impulses arrive in a startling sequence.
Huston talked rapidly, in a startling and accurate imitation of his father.
The book manages to switch between hilarious and horrific in a startling manner.
But Isaacs, in a startling deviation from formula, lets Amy glorify the nuclear family.
The poverty in Miami exists in a startling juxtaposition to great wealth.
Dahlkoetter said that, in a startling shift, most newcomers made the marathon their first race.
"I know all about you and your little shiksas," a harassed wife says in a startling London accent.
But today, a growing number of women with breast cancer are pushing surgeons in a startling new direction.
In a startling reversal of the general trend, BBC One alone saw a 36.5% audience share, its highest since 1996.
