startled
Example Sentences
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Many emergency management experts were startled after the January fires to learn that the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
As the show starts in the 500-seat theatre in Huddersfield, bright lights wash over the children's faces, their ears startled by the band.
From BBC
A single tear emerges from the astronaut’s eye and simply floats in the air while Mariano, startled and mesmerized, looks on.
The bear, however, startled Johnson when it roared at him Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s startled to learn that his 57-year-old father is marrying Robin’s 30-year-old sister, having made the assumption that Robin’s mother was the bride-to-be.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
