Sentence examples for startled me awake from inspiring English sources

Evidently, the word "nudge" did not fully translate, because the woman gave me a shot in the ribs that startled me awake as if someone had fired a gun.

Another 90s man, Alistair Cooke, said on Letter from America (Radio 4) that what he'd like to collect, if anything were possible, is not "nubile females" (just hearing him name the possibility startled me fully awake) but "fluency in several languages".

Then something startled me.

It startled me.

Her answer startled me.

Its beauty startled me.

You startled me.

My tone startled me.

"They startled me".

The reaction of the staff startled me.

"Goodness, you startled me," she said.