Sentence examples for was not startling from inspiring English sources

This was not startling.

But his choice was not startling.

It was not startling when Ms. LeFavour, a writing teacher and a longtime activist on human rights issues, was elected to the State House in 2004, and then to the Senate in 2008.

By their standards, the times were not startling.

This place is not startling or revolutionary, and won't disrupt the London food scene.

The music for the majority of developments is not startling, brash or breathtaking.

That hasn't just started last year – it has been a phenomenon of the past decade, and while the results are certainly there, they are not startling.

It's not startling to learn that organizations that nurture a "culture of commitment" are more productive than organizations that don't, or that setting ambitious objectives can jump-start innovation.

A guest list of 4,000 to 5,000 is not startling at all; a wedding for the family that owns the Orra jewelry group, India's largest diamond jewelry retail chain, reportedly had 12,000 attendees.

Mr. Harries emphasized that the increases were not startling, and that in most grades, the current average is below what it was in the 2002-3 school year, when Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein took control of the system.

While his main point -- beautiful places draw tourists until they are no longer quite so beautiful -- is not startling, he unfolds the story of how this happened in Nice with a panache and a conviviality worthy of the city at its best.