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
• The door bell rang again and both girls were startled by the sudden ringing sound that seemed a hundred times louder then usual.
• She was obviously a little startled at this idea.
• The opening door woke Roger, startled Patrick and gave the cat an unwonted and sudden attack of conscience. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
• Japanese the type of permanence up to a generation ago, when he suddenly awoke and startled the world with a rejuvenescence the like of which the world had never seen before. The Yellow Peril
• The elderly male (for anthropoids, like anthropoi, wax fierce and surly with increasing years) will fight, but only from fear, when suddenly startled, or with rage when slightly wounded. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
• 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.
• 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.