Sentence examples for startle at from inspiring English sources

You'll say, "Doing O.K.?" He will startle at your presence.

They tensely scan the treetops and startle at every noise.

Some of them carry bits of shrapnel deep within their flesh; others avoid crowded places or startle at loud sounds.

A racing pulse, a tendency to startle at loud noises, nightmares and flashbacks -- these are the familiar symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

You feel foggy and low; you flinch at intimate touch; you startle at even the slightest sounds, and you are impaired.

And could anything make you feel more connected with giant pandas, the whole species, than watching one comically startle at the sound of its cub's crazed sneeze?

I was startled at the directness.

She was startled at his boldness and assertiveness.

Alex is startled at how old she looks, compared to the photograph.

Privacy advocates in Texas said they were startled at how common the practice is.

So even though these grown men look slightly startled at her attentions, they don't protest.