Sentence examples for it was startled from inspiring English sources

A pit bull terrier crossbreed dog lying in bed with a San Diego couple bit and killed their three-day-old son when it was startled awake.

Tanker Pacific issued a statement saying that it was "startled to learn" of the sanctions over the sale of one of its tankers, the MT Raffles Park, and that it believed the American decision was taken "in error".

I think it jumped to the back of me because it was startled because I had caught it.

I always felt like I had a connection with them, it all related to seeing that alien at nine years old when it jumped to the back of me because it was startled because I had caught it.

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.

The first time I did it I was startled by the odd grinding noise it made.

Rereading it, I was startled to find a searching novel of moral ambiguities where once I'd seen only an inventive but simple SF thriller.

When I opened it, I was startled to see what I thought were a bunch of blank pages, but after deeper perusal, I realized each page was a little envelope that readers tear out of the book and pry open.

It was still attached to its branch, and it looked like a cross between a bat and a panda, and when Li dropped it at my feet, I was startled to see it had a pulse.

When it was over, I was startled to find myself back in the United States.

The few people who have handled one say that it smells like a goat, and when it is startled it runs on its toes, usually in awkward zigzags that do little to help it avoid capture.