Sentence examples for seem startling from inspiring English sources

They have been doing so in such quiet that the previous sentence may seem startling.

The vivid frescoes seem startling in a 1,500-year-old 1,500-year-old 1,500-year-old

It might seem startling -- or damning -- that people who are drinking a lot of a particular soda actually like the idea of its flavor being discontinued.

A word of caution before we crunch the numbers: Although these admission statistics may seem startling, even prohibitive, prospective students and parents would be wise to remember that a quality college education is still within reach.

The events of this week, then, still seem startling to me: on Monday Liam Gallagher tweeted his opinion that Blur's new single, Lonesome Street, was "song of the year".

"The facility was clearly built on a grand scale and was capable of manufacturing dozens of space telescopes, as far I could see". The fact that Nasa had to struggle for years to raise funds for a single space telescope, the Hubble, while the defence establishment was building a plant in which these instruments could be mass manufactured may seem startling.

But the main character's overt gayness seemed startling four years ago.

It looks like an enormous light drawing and must have seemed startling for its time.

Back when Day was creating his parkas and wheel covers, though, his unauthorized methods seemed startling.

The implication that an apparently unstructured molecule can still have a very precise function as a freezing inhibitor seems startling at first consideration.

Injected suddenly into that heated conflict, word of Mr. Garlasco's interest seemed startling to many.