Sentence examples for startled myself from inspiring English sources

In the last line of my pre-World Series post here, I startled myself with a prediction: the Giants, because of their bullpen, would win this in seven.

I startled myself that day when, after two hours of listening while he unburdened himself, I heard these words come out of my mouth: "Maybe we should stop there for now".

Van Meter: "I startled myself that day when, after two hours of listening while he unburdened himself, I heard these words come out of my mouth: 'Maybe we should stop there for now.' Never has an interview felt so much like a therapy session".

"I startled myself that day when, after two hours of listening while he unburdened himself, I heard these words come out of my mouth 'Maybe we should stop there for now.' Never has an interview felt so much like a therapy session".

At the same time, I did startle myself.

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

In the nearby towns of Opuwo and Sesfontein, I found myself startled by the mix of the modern and traditional.

The only thing that's changed is Ullman's age and I found myself startled to realize how many older women she now imitates.

We shifted from Pulp Fiction to Jackie Brown Jackie Brownn to Death Proof; the transitions were almost always interesting and only occasionally did I find myself startled.

Among my students and among up-and-coming artists, I find myself startled by the creative responses to the technological, environmental, and political upheavals of our time.

I was 20 years old by then and I wandered the cavernous store, finding myself startled each time I came across a sofa or a painting that had once hung in our living room, but that had now become part of an imagined living room set designed to appeal to a passing stranger.