Sentence examples for startled upon from inspiring English sources
Still, we observed that flies freezing reliably startled upon looming, a strong indicator that flies freezing are still responding to looming.
Another evening, after disembarking from a commuter bus, I startled upon glimpsing the comet-which caused a woman walking past to stop, look up, and begin chatting with me about its rare visit as we trudged along to our homes.
Startled upon seeing the naked Churchill, FDR hurriedly reversed his wheelchair, but he was stopped by Churchill: "The Prime Minister has nothing to hide from the President of the United States".
AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the album as "deliberately underwhelming, an old-fashioned grower that doesn't startle upon first listen but rather slowly unfolds... instead of wallowing in alienation, Yorke has found comfort within it on Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and the difference is palpable".
A startled gelding, upon relaxing, lets out "a long, ruffled breath".
A baby's startled scream upon entering life and a haggard old man's voice shuddering a final time before he dies.
The same stories described startled Inuit stumbling upon a large dead man in a dark room on the vessel, with a big smile.
As the curious step into the recesses of the space, they're startled to come upon a bed, a kitchen and a piano.
Mr. Doyle said in the statement that he wrote to the superintendent asking that Ms. Cherchio be fired, but was startled to learn, upon returning to school in the fall, that she had instead become a guidance counselor at the high school.
Imagining a few second lieutenants and interns, Christensen was startled to see, upon entering Cohen's office, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and their Under-, Deputy, and Assistant Secretaries, all waiting to hear him.
Startled hikers sometimes stumble upon them on remote trails in Montgomery and Frederick counties in Maryland, and Prince William and Fairfax counties in Virginia.
