Sentence examples for had been startled from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kobeissi said he had been startled by those complaints.

"What are your thoughts?" Dinh had been startled by its contents.

The officer who shot him said that he had been startled.

Somebody had repeatedly thrown rocks at the house the night before; she had been startled awake.

He said he had been startled when Dr. Dean's campaign aides turned to him for help.

He told the police that he had been startled by a red Mercedes that passed on his right.

Investors have been startled.

I've been startled by it.

She was charmed, but others have been startled.

They confide that they have been startled by how amenable Martin has proved.

Early light was just breaking, and they, too, must have been startled out of sleep.