Sentence examples for startled out from inspiring English sources

Early light was just breaking, and they, too, must have been startled out of sleep.

A flock of geese, startled out of the campus lake, flew above the men like spirits.

Maybe years from now they'll be known as members of the generation startled out of puberty by 9/11.

ON DECEMBER 16th 1811, the residents of New Madrid, Missouri, were startled out of their beds by a huge earthquake, which was quickly followed by a second.

The shoulders parted, and the officer, whose beret hardly reached the chins of the Americans, was startled out of his single-minded concentration.

He is haunted by a girl who startled out of her stupor long enough to try to pull her killer into the sky with her.

So here's what it's like when you finally get to that lonely road, sans anybody else, save the startled guy out walking his dog.

It's one thing to walk through a haunted maze on Halloween and have people in costumes jump out and startle you.

And while most people covered under such plans probably understand that out-of-network services will cost them more, they may be startled to find out just how much more they may end up spending.

Mr. Weiner looked startled and let out a loud, awkward laugh.

He seems to think that readers will be startled to find out that the Netherlands was once a great political, cultural and economic power.