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Meanings of so startling in English

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Usage of so startling in English
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The sight was so startling that the young woman gasped and recoiled.
The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India / In...
2
But this was not so startling as what it showed in the foreground.
Malbone: An Oldport Romance
3
The meeting was so startling that neither could disguise the shock of it.
The History of David Grieve
4
Gardiner's delivery is part of what made these questions so startling.
Radio NZ
5
It wasn't so startling, now that I'd known to expect it.
Amy & roger's epic detour
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The vision was so startling that Zacharias was struck dumb for a season.
The Woman's Bible
7
It was not real to her, the revelation was so sudden, so startling.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
8
Her beauty was so startling that the dazzled detective was speechless with admiration.
File No. 113
9
It was so startling, she told me afterwards, that she lost her head.
The Belfry
10
The discovery was so startling, she had to stifle a squeal.
The captive
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The thought was so startling she rose and panted and shook her head.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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Her words, so startling at the time, seemed downright silly to me now.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
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Few cuts in recent cinema have been quite so startling.
The Irish Times
14
Rubenstein's Trump transcript does not contain anything quite so startling as that from Pompeo.
The Guardian
15
This discovery of the adaptability of our names was so startling that I exclaimed:
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
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The spectacle presented was so startling she caught one of the bars for support.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
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