Sentence examples for may be startling from inspiring English sources

Ms. Kluge's mansion may be "startling in its wrongness," Mr. Goolrick said.

Though the statistics may be startling, the story they tell is, unfortunately, not surprising.

These claims may be startling to some but they have not been made airily.

Its Web site (www.solairrl.org) advocates a "relaxed, clothing-free lifestyle" and while its presence may be startling to outsiders, people here take it for granted.

I do not know many people prepared to film video interviews while on the go, and the way the app can blindside you into a sudden video question may be startling for first-time users.

Patterns may be startling (dymantic), as seen in the mane of the male lion or hamadryas baboon, warning (sematic), as seen in the bold pattern of skunks, or concealing (cryptic), perhaps the most common adaptation of pelage colour.

YOSHUA OKUN Drug use, casual sex, and boredom in the office may not be startling topics at this cultural moment, but Okun's installation addresses each with the right mixture of slickness and discombobulation.

They may not be startling or scary enough to garner attention on the nightly news, but they paint the accurate picture of our world.

Of all the forms of academic cheating, none may be as startling as educators tampering with children's standardized tests.

Phyllis Brust Flossmoor, Ill., June 13 , 2010• To the Editor: It is perhaps true that no form of academic cheating "may be as startling as educators tampering with children's standardized tests," since a much more serious form of academic cheating that is being perpetrated in our schools almost daily does not seem to startle anyone.

Now it looks as if truth may be more startling than science fiction.