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startling adjective surprising, shocking, alarming, extraordinary, sudden, unexpected, staggering, unforeseen, jaw-dropping Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was startling to see a desolate expression of shame veil the remorseless audacity in the eyes of that man superior to all scruples and terrors. There is then nothing to shock us, while the discovery produces a startling effect. That very night, the startling news so impatiently awaited, burst like a thunderbolt over the United States of the Union, and thence, darting across the ocean, ran through all the telegraphic wires of the globe. |
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