startle
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"May Frankness May Startle" On July 2, after my resignation, a breakthrough finally came in the crisis over Lebanon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Startle Pah from his invisible perch and send him down for us.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Startle him, and he springs into the air with a loud squawk, flapping his broad wings and trailing his greenish-yellow legs behind him, like the storks you see painted on Japanese fans.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje
The hedge-flower hath its song; Meadow and tree, Water and wandering cloud Find Seers who see, And, with convincing music clear and loud, Startle the adder-deafness of the crowd By tones, O Love, from thee.
From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
Startle it, the winding stream will become a twisted arrow; the wave of poisoned life will lash through the grass like a cast lance.*
From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by Ruskin, John
Vocabulary lists containing startle
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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The Circuit
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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