Sentence examples for startled to hear from inspiring English sources

Wolf herself was startled to hear about the censorship.

But most people just seem startled to hear it at all, and searched for its source.

Two doctors who opened the woman's coffin were startled to hear raspy breaths.

One former aide was startled to hear Mr. Obama use "impact" as a verb, a particular tendency in the capital.

Mr. Robins was startled to hear someone knocking loudly on the door of his apartment in Queens.

On Aug. 7, Michele Ferri of Pesaro, Italy, answered his phone and was startled to hear, "Hello, Michele, it's Pope Francis".

When he came to the United States, he was startled to hear people answer, "Everywhere" when he asked where they grew up.

On a recent trip to southern Iraq, this thirty-something correspondent was startled to hear twenty-something gunners in the Royal Artillery openly discussing their sexuality.

And while it might startle to hear an orphaned teenager who goes by the name Black Nature confess that "sometimes I would like to rap like Busta Rhymes," when he later raps not only in Krio — a blend of English and African languages — but also French, you think, take that, Busta.

Hugh had gone to sleep hours earlier, and it startled me to hear his voice.

DAVE ITZKOFF: I'm startled just to hear what Day-Lewis's natural speaking voice sounds like.