Sentence examples for startle us with from inspiring English sources

Mr. Moran often brings out the crisp details of his imagery, the better to startle us with its antics.

After that first afternoon on the beach, our 10 days in the Channel Islands continued to startle us with contrasts.

For grownups, tears, when they do arrive, come from a considerable distance but startle us with their familiarity.

And there's the cynic, out to startle us with proof of his own dispassion: "I love you like JFK wanted a car with a roof".

Godard makes no attempt to startle us with grunge; surprisingly, this is tourist Paris: the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs-Elysees.

He would startle us with an observation: "The colour of this blanket is institutional yellow," or "The breadth of that doctor's shoulders gives him false confidence".

Shostakovich startles us with rinky-dink vulgarity in the midst of tragedy and depression.

So fiercely imagined and resolved is her work that one tends to forget she was only in her 20s when she first startled us with its newness.

Every time the score startles us with rhythmic agitation, or shouts and handclaps from the chorus, the range of Ms. Saariaho's gift becomes clearer.

We cut to Julian Monay – a young French archaeologist who startles us with the words: "I am a scientist but also a human being".

Jones, one of the greats of the English stage and still a vibrant beauty, gives the batty Helena a soft face and a rude directness that startles us with its aggression.