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startlingly
1. He also learned that once the husband went out to the porch for a little nap after the meal and the bottle, the wife might make startlingly direct invitations to sex
2. The startlingly loud sound immediately galvanized the other inhabitants of the compound into rapid movement in that direction
3. The startlingly loud sound immediately galvanized the other inhabitants of the compound into
4. that they experience startlingly heightened cognition 23 according to the
5. As they relaxed, a startlingly luminous gibbous moon slowly hoisted itself above the cliff they’d recently descended, its pale gold light revealing rocks and trees while deepening the shadows; adding yet another level of mystery
6. The invisible was made startlingly visible
7. He did not move, because the jangle of his chains, when he shifted his body, sounded startlingly loud in the darkness and stillness, and it was his instinct, born of a thousand wilderness-bred ancestors, not to betray his position in his helplessness
8. As Halirit got up and massaged the flesh on his aching back he turned around and glanced both startlingly and admiringly at his student on the ground
9. you may have discovered above, the mysteries of God are startlingly different from the Gospel
10. Stripped of a physical body, the mind stands naked, revealed startlingly for what it has always been: the architect of our reality
11. With the years trying hard to be kind to her she was thirty eight going on forty five beneath her Max Factor lamination, but startlingly attractive nonetheless
12. dirty brown suit, battered hat and sporting the same startlingly weather beaten
13. The room could have been no more than twelve foot by twelve foot; each wall flanked with yet more shelves and worktops where the order to the disorder of the categorised antiquities was startlingly clear
14. Startlingly, a horrific scream pierced the air above the men’s heads, scattering their wits
15. startlingly toward him, her breathing slightly quickened, but he kept speaking, trying to keep the
16. The dragon’s snout slowly eased itself into the light, revealing startlingly large and intelligent emerald eyes with flecks of gold semi-epicentered towards the iris
17. The glare of the startlingly bright day brought on the headache that had been threatening
18. The walls held paintings, mainly from Italy, many without frames and with white backgrounds to merge with the white walls, their subjects startlingly realistic
19. The Edge i tself, a rocky perimeter to the arena, was startlingly close
20. In addition to being stone-cold, she’s that kind of beautiful, too, with startlingly high cheekbones and arched brows above glittering eyes
21. Merthin was no longer involved, having been sacked by Elfric, but his startlingly simple method was still being operated
22. As they watched, a lone Japanese fighter raced toward the planes, then abruptly, startlingly, flew straight into a bomber, the smaller plane shattering and raining down on Tokyo Bay
23. Passion stood for all that, and he was ready to believe that some startlingly profound remark, some appreciation of character, or a judgment upon an event, bordered on the miraculous
24. The noise of her steaming, growing louder every minute, would stop at times altogether, and then begin again abruptly, and sound startlingly nearer; as if that invisible vessel, whose position could not be precisely guessed, were making straight for the lighter
25. And the voice of the resourceful Capataz de Cargadores, master and slave of the San Tome treasure, who had been caught unawares by old Giorgio while stealing across the open towards the ravine to get some more silver, answered careless and cool, but sounding startlingly weak from the ground
26. green eyes swooped up startlingly against the white skin like frightened bird’s wings
27. His white teeth gleamed startlingly against his brown face and his bold eyes raked her
28. They’re startlingly beautiful, posed like models
29. That prophetic sentence, startlingly apt, uttered on her return from Mexico
30. A few years later filmmakers put together a mixture of real and staged footage (some doubt still remains about certain sections) to produce a startlingly vivid film of the Battle of the Somme
31. And the breasts were flushed at their tips, and her body was startlingly white, almost an illumination, a white-green lightning against the sand
32. equity market has tracked cumulative growth surprises in key macroeconomic announcements startlingly well
33. Our whole life is startlingly moral
34. Only the silence of the boat was at intervals startlingly pierced by one of his peculiar whispers, now harsh with command, now soft with entreaty
35. She usually begins by taking a house; she furnishes it with original but discreet good taste; she wears startlingly pretty gowns—quite the best, as a rule, that Paris can supply; she gives the most taking sorts of entertainments, and the ordinary result is that in one season she is not only launched and talked about, but securely placed and greatly admired
