A sudden sight of it is startling.

And so it is: a sudden sight of overwhelming realness followed by a long, lingering backward look.

The sudden sight of the bay brought him up short.

He pulled up short at the sudden sight of his superior officer, his eyes wide with unease.

He looked up at me, for half a second; looked down again when I flinched at the sudden sight of his face.

She stood before him incandescently nude, and, he gaped at the sudden sight.

The sudden sight of a rearing wave, no more than feet below, shocked him.

Or maybe the sudden sight of blood sobered her.

Is this but passion born of youth and the sudden sight of a fair woman?

The sudden sight of her had been a shocking stimulus.