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Meaning startling meaning
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In chapter twenty-eight of these prophecies you have one of the most amazing, startling and terrible things in the Bible - the king of Tyre.
Movie subtitles
Something startling.
This is one of the many startling statements made by Longfellow Deeds.
That's a startling proposal. I didn't expect to receive anything like that in this desert.
And now, ladies and gentlemen. I have a startling surprise for the benefit of the hospital.
Well, gentlemen, now that we are finally all assembled I've some fairly startling news that has been sent to me by cutter.
Well, gentlemen, after seventeen years of existence, the Amalgamated Mercantile Society's books show the startling figures of a liability of three thousand- two hundred pounds, eight shillings and 10 pence.
Would you care to reveal who gave you this startling information?
Professor Alberts got the translator which his university had developed and the results have been startling.
I have startling news. Mr. Everett, may I speak to you?
I have startling news.
Evidence of a startling nature has come into my possession.
We're on the brink of a startling discovery.
Startling!
The tragedy developed with startling suddenness.
I've just heard a startling piece of news.
Boys, I have a startling thing to say to you.
And now, ladies and gentlemen I have a startling surprise for the benefit of the hospital.
Forgive me for startling you with my impetuous sentiments my dear Scarlett-- I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy.
Why? Is it so startling?
I've never seen you affected by the news however startling.
Startling, my dear fellow, it's devastating.
Dr. Watson would neither confirm nor deny the report that he had seen his friend since his startling disappearance.
She isn't wearing any gloves, a startling omission on a young lady of fashion.
It pointed my eyes at a strange kind of peak. a startling rock formation with a window in its top.
You've undergone a startling transition, Richard.
She was quite enigmatic. and clearly enjoyed startling me.
Forgive me for startling you with my impetuous sentiments. my dear Scarlett. I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy.
You've made a rather startling accusation, Lieutenant.
Of the five million holy men in India. none were more startling than the sadhus, with their weird antics.
According to Captain John Voight of the San Francisco Homicide Squad the startling disclosure of Mrs. Lannington's mental illness has thrown a new light in a murder which, until now, has been.
Tell me one thing that was said tonight that was funny, startling, imaginative.
Karswell can be a pretty startling character.
I've made startling progress.
Whatever they are, their physical development is absolutely startling.
I had a most startling dream.
Startling not rational.
News and current affairs
These findings, while running contrary to popular perceptions of Saudi culture, are less startling than they appear.
These startling figures do not include economic crimes outside the public sector.
After correlating per capita income and self-reported happiness levels across a number of countries, he reached a startling conclusion: probably not.
This is less startling than it may appear: econometric studies suggest that it takes a year to two before the full effects of oil-price increases are felt.
It is startling that the troika has refused to accept responsibility for any of this or admit how bad its forecasts and models have been.
Recall the extreme isolation that preceded the appearance of Rilke's startling voice.
The most startling revelation in the report, however, is the staggering number of fish on which humans inflict these deaths.
Why the startling difference?
Israel has become post-modern, producing new - and sometimes startling - synergies among its avant-garde high-tech sensibility, its secular and ever more orthodox religious identities, and its overall ethno-nationalist outlook.
Buried within the pages of the report, however, is a startling admission: countries that integrated into the world economy most rapidly were not necessarily those that adopted the most pro-trade policies.
Indeed, soon after the award was announced in October, Deaton published some startling work with Anne Case in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - research that is at least as newsworthy as the Nobel ceremony.
Startling examples show that a microbe's goal is, indeed, joint survival with its host.
Not a very startling insight, perhaps.
That would be a startling change from five years ago.
That reversal is one of the great under-reported stories of 2011 (and of the preceding two years), and the numbers are startling. Consider Spain, which is on track to lose more than a half-million residents by 2020.
It is startling to see him walk into a New York living room: his demeanor is quiet and dignified.
This ever-changing identity was startling, but, on second thought, it made sense: after all, Charles de Gaulle famously said that it is difficult to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.
This is startling, given the manifold benefits.
Israel's diplomacy, however, is a particularly startling example of cognitive dissonance.
Yes, a startling statistic, combined with some hyperbolic prose, will make us sit up and pay attention.