Sentence examples for look staggering from inspiring English sources

But since India starts from a low per capita income base and has the advantage of volumes, the projected numbers can look staggering.

The numbers look staggering at first, but Lane Fox – who is co-founder of lastminute.com, one of the darlings of the first dotcom boom, and a non-executive director of Marks & Spencer and Channel 4 – seems oddly unfamiliar with them; if she were a government minister, you'd think she was on her second day in the job, rather than her fourth month.

The demands of an ageing population look staggering, unless today's systems are reformed.

He performed with a dazed look, staggering drunkenly with a beer in his hand.

For those outside it, the numbers look staggering, especially considering that in New York City, between $5,000 and $10,000 per month will fetch an apartment with ample space.

At least Sen. McCain is still rhetorically committed to deficit reduction; Sen. Obama's campaign pretty much shrugs it off, pointing out that although the absolute deficit looks staggering (it could hit $500 billion next year), it's currently only 2.5% of gross domestic product, about half what it was in 1992.

From the Blaine school of dramatic singing, this number involves a lot of anguished looks, staggering back, and raising fisted hands.

forehand up the line that so startled Federer that he looked staggered, as if the blow had been not to the ball but to himself; he still seemed to be reeling when he double-faulted on the next point.

"He had a funny look on his face, staggered back and fell to the floor.

But private providers are increasingly looking to stagger the release of proprietary numbers so they can charge more to high-speed traders who will pay handsomely for the zippiest feeds.Regulators are watching.

The brave Gemma looks oddly diminished, staggering slightly as she walks, as if she had suffered a small stroke or lost an actual limb.