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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
'A Servant's Heart' 2008
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Everything that happened afterwards with such appalling startlingness hung on that instant's decision.
The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley
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A social evil can manifest itself in outstanding startlingness in a single person, but the plain fact is that under modern industrial organization we are all caught in the same snare.
Understanding the Scriptures Francis John McConnell 1912
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As he passed out of the house, its scowling cornice and facade of ravaged brick looked down on him with the startlingness of a strange face, seen momentarily in a crowd, and impressing itself on the brain as part of an inevitable future.
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As he passed out of the house, its scowling cornice and facade of ravaged brick looked down on him with the startlingness of a strange face, seen momentarily in a crowd, and impressing itself on the brain as part of an inevitable future.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Edith Wharton 1899
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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
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Which gets me to the most important element of the speech, and that is the startlingness of the content.
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