Sentence examples for is less startling from inspiring English sources

Even upon repeated hearings the fugue never fails to shock, although the piano version is less startling than the original.

The livid Medusa tattoo on Chronos's chest is less startling than his small potbelly — a disillusioning trait he shares with a number of the men, though not Lou, who is lean, a little ropy, tanned from occasional surfing.

If we consider that most bleached monomers are created at or near the start of bleaching and that such monomers have four seconds to reach the front, then the reported result is less startling.

You can pick a darker or shimmery orange so your look is less startling.

Rowling's evidence was less startling, but it was delivered in a more harrowed, aggrieved tone.

The Fly weighed half that, yet its lightness was less startling than its balance.

The explanation that followed was less startling than the opening admission.

The song would be less startling if Chao sang twice as loud.

There, "Berlin" was less startling but no less ambitious or, in the end, touching.

President Roosevelt appointed Marshall Acting Chief of Staff in Craig's place, advancing him over the heads of twenty major generals and fourteen brigadiers who were his seniors, a jump that was less startling than it seemed.

But, true to the cooler mood of Scandinavian TV, the domestic secrets in The Legacy are less startling, involving infidelities and, as the title indicates, final bequests and requests.