Sentence examples for act startled from inspiring English sources

Even a baby with a severe hearing impairment may blink or act startled in response to a loud noise, like a loud clap.

If somebody asks you your favorite food, act startled.

Don't act startled or lost if something unexpected happens.

While he slept, they licked his ears, an act that startled him awake and made him realize that he could understand the language of the birds flying overhead.

Sometimes you need to be startled to act.

Mr. Wold said his client acted reasonably after being startled and seeing his partner panic.

This is a man revealing himself, touched and startled by his act of exposure, discovering and offering the old truth: every life matters.

But he looked startled in the second act when JENNIFER TILLY stood up from her bubble bath.

People who took this at face value were startled by the first act of the Conservatives on assuming power – a crackdown on the homeless.

But "when it came down to it, I was startled and didn't act fast enough or respond as forcefully as I should have," Ms. Levine said.

A combat decorated gay airman managed an invitation to a White House reception and implored a startled President Obama to act on repeal.