Sentence examples for startling action from inspiring English sources
The phrase "startling action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an event or behavior that is surprising or shocking in nature. Example: "The movie was filled with startling action that kept the audience on the edge of their seats."
Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, the film has startling action set pieces along with an air of meditation upon just what the war on drugs is yielding.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, calling it "one of the best police movies in recent years, a virtuoso fusion of performances and often startling action", and went on to name the film the fourth best of 2012.
In 1933, in the midst of the 20th century's greatest economic crisis, Franklin Roosevelt invoked the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 to outlaw private ownership of gold -- a rather startling action given that the United States was not then in a state of war.
Beginning with a series of startling actions in the early 1970s, Chris Burden challenged his own mental and physical limitations, as well as the boundaries of art and performance.
The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.
The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.
All of that makes its recent actions even more startling, if not disconcerting, to anyone who worries about the profession's trajectory.
iPhone / iPad Out in time for Christmas, Republique justified its pre-launch hype: a stealth-action adventure with startling graphics, properly challenging puzzles, and a storyline that draws you in.
He said that "in response to the startling disclosures," the Barnes "adopted an action plan to pursue a number of fundamental institutional reforms".
Without overheated action, "the picture is startling and watchable because the apparent lassitude doesn't really mask the constant struggle for power" (Elvis Mitchell).
But it was the Polish-born British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski who pinned down the idea in 1925 by coming up with a startling example of the principle in action.
