Sentence examples for to avoid startling from inspiring English sources

The fly needs to land as gently as possible upon the water to avoid startling the fish.

The aim is to avoid startling the tables discussing Hedi Slimane's move to YSL, while not boring the ones debating the chef César Ramirez's move to Manhattan.

Instead of banning paintball, Mr. Veccharelli said, a more reasonable approach would have required paintball players to wear bright uniforms, use fluorescent orange guns that don't look threatening, and post little metal signs, like those that janitors use to keep people off wet floors, along the perimeter of paintball games to avoid startling the public.

To avoid startling pedestrians – and deer for that matter – the spotlight aims low, tracing a path on the ground and illuminating their legs, without blinding them with a light in the eyes.

Assuming this would require much patience, we took pains to avoid startling or frightening her, and to be generous both with food and "treats".

If a dolphin comes within 30 meters of a person who is already in the water, that person should "move slowly to avoid startling it, and must not touch the cetacean or move towards it".

In fact, when you combine the growing evidence that fiscal austerity is reducing our future prospects with the very low interest rates on U.S. government debt, it's hard to avoid a startling conclusion: budget austerity may well be counterproductive even from a purely fiscal point of view, because lower future growth means lower tax receipts.

In its baby-friendly cinematic experience, the lights are dimmed rather than turned off, so that parents are allowed to feed their babies or find fallen dummies; baby-changing tables are provided; the film's volume is lowered to avoid damaging or startling infant ears; breastfeeding is welcome; and free parking for buggies and prams is offered.

But the depth of what the families call a cover-up, in particular the deliberate, relentless South Yorkshire police campaign to avoid its own responsibilities and craft the false case against the supporters, was still startling.

Donald loves violent melodrama and startling character turns, exactly the sort of reverberant clichés that Charlie wants to avoid.

This may seem obvious, but a startling number of business owners are not taking these basic IT steps to avoid data loss.