startled

Example Sentences

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I’m startled by her question and even more startled by her nonchalant attitude.

From Literature

He spun around to meet his mother's startled eyes.

From Literature

I’m so startled to be caught watching him that I put my sketchbook in front of my face.

From Literature

Warren was sitting on a box with his pocketknife and a whetstone and looked up, startled, as they came.

From Literature

But even jaded readers will be startled by the scope of the self-organizing tyranny besetting the book world.

From The Wall Street Journal