Sentence examples for somewhat startled from inspiring English sources

She faced me, somewhat startled.

The Russians, somewhat startled, called a timeout.

Though silky, jet-black young Ringo is an easygoing boy, he always looks somewhat startled.

The gracious if somewhat startled Mr. Beame smiled and shook my hand.

I was somewhat startled to see orange polish on his toes.

The clerk, somewhat startled, led the little party to where "Married Love" was.

There were cute, somewhat startled-looking children and lovely and enthusiastic young women and men.

Years later, Mr. Friedman clarified his position somewhat, telling Mr. Markowitz that while he was startled by his student's novel approach, he was kidding about not granting the doctorate.

Senator Hillary Clinton, sweeping through the Sunday morning talk shows after her somewhat upstaged Thanksgiving visit to the war zones, startled her conservative detractors by emerging as a congenital hawk.

Jane says that Harriet was "a peculiarly affected body" who "was not easy unless she startled you with unexpected sayings" and was even "somewhat of a humbug" (quoted in Packe 1954, 325 6).

I was startled when I realized that place had remained somewhat the same for thousands of years.