It rebounded over the construction site like a flock of startled birds taking flight.

The two San whirled together like startled birds and flew back towards the forest refuge.

Now she looked up, like a startled bird.

Language, all those beautiful precious words, had suddenly scattered away, like a flock of startled birds.

Quick as a startled bird he jumped to one side, but nothing else seemed to be happening.

Like startled birds, her thoughts and emotions swirled, finding no anchorage.

They scattered like startled birds, disappearing into the hills.

All attention left Richard, as startled birds leave a washline.

The shadows of her experiences flew like startled birds within her mind.

A whisper here, an insinuation there, and they fled like startled birds.