Sentence examples for most startling when from inspiring English sources

The book is most startling when describing Esalen's connection to world events.

What's most startling when I talk to writers on my trip is how familiar our conversations seem, at least at first: I hear a lot about the importance of following one's imagination, the usefulness of grants and creative writing tuition, the prominence of Ian McEwan and Paulo Coelho, sequels to classic Chinese novels and the artistic cheapness of popular "office" and "grave raider" novels.

Chairman Keith Vaz appeared to be winning the prize for "most startling question" when he asked Rusbridger, "do you love this country?" (The answer was yes).

The most startling observation came when he was asked how often scientists reviewing his papers for probity before publication asked to see details of his raw data, methodology and computer codes.

But that sound later acquired layers of throbbing tremolo; one of Mr. Gutierrez's most startling effects came when he stood on one leg and vibrated the other, quivering it with the kind of rapidity you don't expect to see from so powerfully built a man.

"It was one of the most startling things to me when I started my course here," said Brian Biggs, an American student who studied in the UK.

The most startling thing to me: when Schiller called the tea party "seriously, seriously racist," he was very clearly describing the views of two high-level Republicans he'd spoken to who voted for Obama.

There is the most startling onstage vomit since 2005 (when connoisseurs will remember a sick-up as the only exciting moment in a West End revival of And Then There Were None).

More odd, and encouraging, are the new signs of dissent in the ranks of the elite.The most startling came on January 16th, when the chairman of the newly created upper house of parliament, Alexander Vaitovich, bluntly criticised the president's penchant for rule by decree.

The most startling thing about Crater Lake, when you first see it, is its color.

Her most startling moment may have been when she elected to read the note about changing the topic from art out loud and the audience suddenly broke into applause.