Sentence examples for Be startled from inspiring English sources

I guarantee you will be startled.

I was waiting to be startled by Mr. Brokaw.

We can be startled by its boldness today; we know what its effect was in 1871.

He rattled the chain as he opened the lock, so that she wouldn't be startled.

Ghulam Rasool came up from the garden, coughing so that she would not be startled.

Looking at "Jaws" now you might be startled by how simple, even primitive, it is.

"I would be startled if, for example, a particular character became the main character," she said.

"The guy appeared to be startled, and saw it was Mantle," Mr. Costas said.

People want to taste something new, but they don't want to be startled".

Others, however, eschew this moralising tone and are prepared to be startled.

Like a deliberate slap in the face to male voters, who mustn't be startled.