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Discover LudwigThe phrase "always startled" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent state of surprise or shock in response to stimuli or events.
Example: "She was always startled by the sudden loud noises coming from the construction site next door."
Alternatives: "constantly surprised" or "perpetually shocked".
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Its force had always startled Sasha, the few times she'd used it.
"We're always startled at the level of trust and honesty," Mrs. Beckwith said.
The sudden click of the hand jumping three or four notches always startled him when it came.
In these bare-branched months, I am always startled to rediscover them, bisecting the slopes like spines.
("Audrey is always startled by these actions, but clearly understands them as protective creations meant to shield her family from any harm").
The Radio Shack wall phone brought almost nothing but bad news, and so the sound of it ringing, especially in the evening, always startled her.
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This fragmented, antiheroic play with its shifting perspectives and ambivalent personalities can always startle with its modernity.
Even though we get to know his Smiley well, Guinness can always startle us there seems to be no end to his subtlety, his complexity, his shafts of anger, his refusal, on so many occasions, to get angry.
This always startles me, almost as unexpected as me finding myself on my knees.
The occasional male voice always startles and delights me; is it some new husband, still in the honeymoon stage, roped into attending with his wife?
Movement always startles chipmunks.
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