Sentence examples for startle someone from inspiring English sources
He is afraid of a sudden noise that might startle someone below.
Do I teach my son to never walk in the shadow of a single building, to never wear a hooded sweatshirt, to never cosplay as his favorite anime character, to never accidentally startle someone?
Though Cornell and the Technion are taking it further, the relationship between most engineering and computer science schools and the business world is already so fluid as to startle someone with a liberal arts background.
This sounds dumb but you just may startle someone.
They all look startled when someone asks if they are considered nerdy science nuts.
He got up to make his way from the courtyard, and was startled by someone standing in the shadow of the Gypsies' doorway.
Overturning clichés is another familiar Ashberian game: we're not startled when someone says "King Alfonso of Spain," but we are when we hear "Alphonse I of Bemidji".
Ms. Agostini left the group early because of a work trip the next morning, but as she waited for the elevator she was startled by someone putting an arm around her shoulder.
They might wake up startled, thinking someone has put a fake leg in their bed.
That way, you can see people as they walk past and won't be startled if someone comes up behind you, which is a big issue for many cube workers.
If someone startled you while you were watching a horror movie, you would probably show an "exaggerated startle response"—in other words, you'd jump out of your skin.
