startled
IPA: stˈɑrtʌɫd
adjective
- Surprised and slightly frightened.
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Examples of "startled" in Sentences
- He is startled by a weird looking creature.
- He is startled by the creature and is killed by it.
- Izabel choked out a laugh, her expression startled.
- "Hello, what's that?" he demanded in startled surprise.
- However, the knight is startled by the phone and destroys it.
- The mention of their name startled Frank and Joe out of their trance.
- I am startled by the absence of information concerning anomalies in the story.
- This again startled the creature, and Conan used the opportunity to kick it away.
- His expression startled her, the blaze in his eyes—they were full of faith in her, of confidence in her abilities.
- They watched each other closely after that, and faced about in startled fright whenever either passed behind the other's back.
- Hearing the voice of Cray, the Grissom’s Andorian chief of security, calling her name startled Katerina Mueller, and she dropped her hydrospanner.
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