Sentence examples for somewhat startling upon from inspiring English sources

Having come from the heart of San Francisco's hustle and bustle, I found the quiet, calm feel of this Oakland hamlet somewhat startling upon stepping out of the Rockridge BART station.

"The man is somewhat startling," McCarver said.

Indeed, a somewhat startling role reversal seems to be taking place, several cable executives said.

The 3-D is somewhat startling at first, which Ms. Stewart said was intentional.

The article in Architecture called the enclosure "somewhat startling, and at the same time fascinating".

So it was somewhat startling to hear him decry the war on the eve of Baghdad's fall.

Silver geometric shapes were sprinkled across the ties and shirts on show, matching the somewhat startling fringed silver scarves.

It's somewhat startling, in the midst of this idyll, to realize that this is actually public transportation.

And then, at a Council meeting on Dec. 18, 2002, Mr. Corriston made a somewhat startling announcement.

The public outcry over the faked credentials is somewhat startling, given that political leaders here have dodged accountability for rampant corruption and other serious violations of the law.

The other morning dawned for the bleary-eyed average New York newspaper reader with a somewhat startling pair of stop-motion photographs.