startle

How To Use startle In A Sentence

• In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
• She was obviously a little startled at this idea.
• The door bell rang again and both girls were startled by the sudden ringing sound that seemed a hundred times louder then usual.
• Now the girl is also changing, consuming everything with such rapaciousness that it startles him. Until the Heart Stops Beating
• Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
• Her article on diet startled many people into changing their eating habits.
• The opening door woke Roger, startled Patrick and gave the cat an unwonted and sudden attack of conscience. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
• I was startled at the news that 129 persons were killed last Sunday in the attempt by rebel air force officers to overthrow the government in the capital.
• As I pressed through the thick underwood, I startled a strange-looking apparition in one of the open spaces beside the gulf, where, as shown by the profusion of plants of _vaccinium_, the blaeberries had greatly abounded in their season. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
• Serena and I both pulled back, startled, and then watched in awe as they both started laughing.