Sentence examples for startling gift from inspiring English sources

This is John le Carré's 23rd novel, and neither prolificacy nor age (he's 81) has diminished his legendary and sometimes startling gift for mimicry.

Hayloft's first production, when he was fresh out of the Victorian College of the Arts, was an adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, which even then demonstrated a startling gift for theatrical image.

Still, from the age of three, Coogan displayed a startling gift for mimicry; he'd wake his siblings up at night to make them guess the identity of his latest impersonation.

She had a quick wit, a startling gift for mimickry as a raconteur and a gameness to do just about anything for a laugh.

1984 - The apogee of Thatcherism Commentary "One of Thatcherism's most startling gifts to British society is to have thoroughly politicised it.

I don't want to give away any more of the story, except I should like to point out that, amongst the many defining trademarks of psychotic killers -- in addition to an utter absence of empathy for their victims, and a disturbing air of superiority -- there exists also a startling and unfortunate gift for criminal versatility.

Mr. Huckabee's touchiness over perceived slights was to become a byword in succeeding years, as the governor spoke out angrily when reporters and others questioned the startling stream of gifts that flowed in from supporters and friends.

What's most startling about Allan's gift as a novelist is her ability to give us both the story N wants to tell and the one just beyond her comprehension.

But by so insistently trying to turn him into a representative figure emblematic of broader social trends, both books have the inadvertent effect of diminishing Mr. Obama's particular gifts and the startling efficacy of his campaign, and they minimize the roles that a global economic crisis and voter frustration with eight years of Bush policies played in shaping the dynamics of the 2008 election.

He was uneasy about the effects… This magazine's Christmas-gifts department has received a startling note from a lady in Boston asking for aid in locating an old-fashioned Boston bean pot, which….

This magazine's Christmas-gifts department has received a startling note from a lady in Boston asking for aid in locating an old-fashioned Boston bean pot, which she wants to give an aunt.