He watched as she turned, startled at the sound of his boots on the porch.
His good looks still startled me on a regular basis.
The sound startled both of them, rapid short blasts on the fishing boat's diesel horns.
A low chime from one of his several telephone lines startled him into spilling his coke on the floor.
He startled everybody on the search committee because the first thing he wanted to see was the institute.
The intercom startled Ross as the captain on watch located him.
The Federal incursion startled many students and administrators on other campuses.
So close was the miracle that I blew out the candle in order not to startle the invisible ones on this night of nights.
In the basement he startled a corporal asleep on a table.
A first collection by a writer whose keen sense of how the emotions operate enables her to startle on many fronts.

startle + przymiotnik/przysłówek

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momentarily startled • somewhat startled • suddenly startled • slightly startled • clearly startled • ...

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