Sentence examples for startling career from inspiring English sources

Anyone visiting Dulwich Picture Gallery's exquisite revival of her work will wonder first to last what exactly happened to Knights, whose startling career vanished without trace even during her life.

Over many hours, his startling career path has gone from a quiet drink at the Prancing Pony to the sacred throne of Gondor (he is the King of the title), but does the guy look happy about it?

His was a startling career; he had directed films himself, and he also pursued a passion for food: he opened a restaurant in 1993, and published several books on travel and cuisine.

It is the ninth triumph worldwide in a startling career to date for the South Korean-born New Zealander.

1937 Body of Dancer Found PARIS — Following a series of rapid-fire developments that ultimately disclosed one of the most startling careers in mass murder in the recent annals of French crime, police yesterday [Dec.

The point is that Mr. Perlman's taking the Philharmonic's baton — a move that has injected the orchestra with new life — is not as startling a career move as some have said.

With that brief, startling appearance a career was born.

It was a magic act that he would perform across four decades, which is the most startling fact of his career.

But Simonov slowly grew remorseful over his cowardly, self-serving behavior and near the end of his life took it upon himself to produce a candid and startling memoir about his career, a decision vividly described by Figes.

Molinari's lateral move from political prominence to media stardom was not without recent precedent (does the name George Stephanopoulos ring a bell?) but it was nevertheless startling, because her political career was in such roaringly good shape.

The memorable months he spent perfecting his English in Chiswick, in west London where the young anglophile delighted in tea, jam and the landmarks made famous by his beloved Dickens were marred only by the unsettling worldliness of British girls, who "get too friendly too soon".What is more, with Yvonne as his muse Fournier's literary career gathered startling speed.