startle

Example Sentences

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There was a short, startled silence, broken by everybody at once.

From Literature

He startled a young boar grubbing up pignuts, and grunted a quick apology to ward off an attack.

From Literature

As I reached up to slide it beside Volume 1, a nasally voice startled me.

From Literature

I don’t like to think about how crowds would startle me and quiet would startle me, and being left alone would startle me, because I was never really alone, I was always with my thoughts.

From Literature

A spokesperson for the mayor said it was "startling" that SUVs were "77% more likely to kill a child if involved in a collision".

From BBC