Sentence examples for startling contentions from inspiring English sources

Equally puzzling is that the book's footnotes give no references for its most startling contentions.

What's even more startling was the contention among Fox talkers in 2004 that, politically, a terror attack on America in 2004 would be good news for Bush; that it would seal his re-election bid because voters would overwhelmingly rally around the president.

But to support this contention he cites hardly startling findings such as that 46% consider themselves Muslims first and British second or that "only" 52% believe the state of Israel has a right to exist.

The result was startling.

THE reversal was startling.

The transformation was startling.

The results are startling.

The difference was startling.

So far, so startling.

The effect was startling.

Why the startling numbers?