Sentence examples for received startling from inspiring English sources

In early September, some well-known drag queens in San Francisco, Sister Roma and Lil Miss Hot Mess, received startling messages from Facebook.

In 1976, Mr. Harries recalled that the city's credit rating was suspended after the agency received "startling answers" from the comptroller to two questions: "What is your cash shortfall for the next 90 days?

He found some of the comments his storylines received startling: Ulrika Jonsson wrote that she didn't think it appropriate to see two men kissing before the watershed as children might be watching.

Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff (Tom Courtenay) are preparing for their 45th anniversary when they receive startling news: the body of Geoff's former lover, who died more than 50 years earlier, has been found.

Shortly after she landed, she received a startling text message.

However, the two soon received a startling message: Countrywide was off limits.

Eric Swanson received a startling call last Thursday from his wife, Shana D. Madoff, who said that something was terribly wrong.

Mr. Brown and his wife did not know anything was amiss until they received a startling call from an executive at Wells Fargo.

Grieving, she received a startling call a few weeks later from Chris Nowinski, a former Harvard football player and professional wrestler looking into the effects of concussions.

Pity poor Hannah, who received a startling text message on her cellphone, sent from her father: "Your mom and I are going to divorce next month".

LAGOS, Nigeria — Last month, we Nigerians received some startling news from the army: Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed some 3,000 people in northern Nigeria over the last four years, "might have died".