Sentence examples for a bit startled from inspiring English sources

I was a bit startled.

Quinn looked a bit startled, then replied, "I'm really not".

He saw that I was a bit startled.

Reid, a bit startled, replied: "What are you talking about?" Boehner repeated: "Go f— yourself".

"You're privy to news I don't have," he said, seeming a bit startled by the question.

Are they moving forward?" Rose looked up, a bit startled, paused, then finally spoke.

When it was my turn to have the few fleeting minutes with Sedaris, while he patiently signed books at a fold out desk, I crouched down, looked at him and almost whispered, 'David, did you always believe in yourself as a writer?' I was a little bit startled to see how quickly he became so serious.

At the same time, she admits to being more than a little bit startled at the sharp upward curve her professional life has taken in the last couple of years.

As in, if he avoids you a bit, looked startled or surprised, it may make him feel sorry for not having paid more attention to you, but don't make it seem like you are desperate.

He looked at the price tag and startled a bit.

Startled, a bit panicked, she fumbles her words, showing you don't need a ghoul clawing you — as one appears to grasp at Michael — to be truly haunted.