Sentence examples for it is startling to note from inspiring English sources

It is startling to note that these backward-looking works were emerging from his London studio at the same moment Picasso was painting "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"; even Sargent's contemporaries, like his friend Monet, seemed to be living in a different world.

From the perspective of 2009 it's startling to note that when "Prime Suspect" and "Cracker" arrived, the only Top 10 crime drama on American television was "Murder, She Wrote".

"It is startling to contemplate how violent John McCain was well into his 20s," notes Matt Welch, a critical biographer.

Not available for public view, it is startling to look at.

And it is startling to find such an overt intimation of the divine at the movies.

"It was startling to a lot of people," Adjaye concedes.

It's startling to read these statements written so bluntly.

But it was startling to see just how flagrant it was.

So it was startling to find a politician who preferred to say nothing.

Even though they are Democrats, it was startling to hear them discuss the subject.

"It's startling to see a stadium will be named after them," Libal said.