Indeed, a somewhat startling role reversal seems to be taking place, several cable executives said.

I insist upon knowing immediately," she demanded, with somewhat startling brevity.

I am merely clearing the way for a somewhat startling thing I am to say later on.

Just what first opened up the road to your somewhat startling knowledge?

The findings of the board are encouraging if somewhat startling, and I think you will have a complete recovery.

Presently Maud emerged from her new closet, bringing a somewhat startling idea with her.

It's somewhat startling, in the midst of this idyll, to realize that this is actually public transportation.

This is a somewhat startling revelation.

The article in Architecture called the enclosure "somewhat startling, and at the same time fascinating."

He had made the "somewhat startling" discovery that it would allow school employees to monitor students' laptops remotely.