Sentence examples for he was startled when from inspiring English sources

He was startled when I said his name.

When he retired as a regent in 1980, he was startled when Mr. Reagan appeared in a video tribute.

Mr. Hatch said he was startled when he arrived at the ceremony and heard applause from groups with which he has had political battles.

He was trying to nudge Sessions into recusing himself, and he was startled when the Alabama senator offered information he had not asked for.

Even he was startled when he recently read a claim on the Internet that oxygenated water would help enlarge a woman's breasts.

Humm was trained in the high-church tradition of European dining — tableside carving, uniformed waiters, serving from the left — and he was startled when Guidara wanted to abolish some of the more abstruse rituals.

Film scholar Jeanine Basinger said she was startled when she first saw Mankiewicz on TCM.

One neighbor, Rina Louzieh, said she was startled when a man appeared at her door.

"Step up into the higher altitude -- the air is much nicer there!" "She was startled when I asked her that.

Her attorney said she was startled when she was suddenly called by school officials who threatened to forward her case to the Honor Code Office.

He is startled when the weather bureau calls him back to complete the recorded message.