Conscripted as part of journalism, images were expected to arrest attention, startle, surprise.
The participants seemed to be startled and surprised by the ubiquity of MRSA, especially with respect to its presence in the environment outside of healthcare.
Having your bed positioned too close to the door can lead you to get startled by surprises that may come your way.
As in, if he avoids you a bit, looked startled or surprised, it may make him feel sorry for not having paid more attention to you, but don't make it seem like you are desperate.
It was always fun playing around with the form and trying to startle and surprise the audience.
Is the Commencement speaker doing what many have to do: startle and surprise those graduates who should look up from their cellphones to listen?
"We were, I have to say, startled, shocked and surprised for the charity to come to Government… and ask for more," he told the Committee.
The minister in charge when Jimmy Savile was appointed to work at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital said she was "shocked, surprised, startled, disgusted", as details of his catalogue of abuse within the NHS was exposed.
Aides to Mr. Bloomberg said they were surprised, even startled, to see the tax cap proposal prominently featured in Ms. Quinn's speech.
"It appears he was surprised or startled by this," said a person familiar with the investigation, referring to the decision to cut power to the affected computer.
