Sentence examples for trying to startle from inspiring English sources

I'm not trying to startle you.

It was always fun playing around with the form and trying to startle and surprise the audience.

Such novels seldom try to startle or provoke the reader; on the contrary, though the narrative may unfold ingeniously, every art is employed to make the reader at ease within it.

The RAAF pilots also sometimes tried to startle the communists by diving their jets through the sound barrier to create sonic booms that simulated the sound of artillery fire.

If the moth is so comatose that it doesn't try to fly away into the container, try to startle it by sliding the bag a little so that it slightly touches or presses up against the moth.

Slowly, as if trying not to startle a wild bird, he moved his hand out from under the blanket that someone (could it have been Sonia?) had tucked around his knees.

"You just go up and say hello and try not to startle her.

Try not to startle your cat.

Tell them gently and try not to startle them.

In general, don't touch an autistic person without their consent, and try not to startle them.

In times of crisis, his talent for connecting with people is a boon, but at other times it can appear contrived — as when, not long ago, he stepped into a busy major thoroughfare and started knocking on car windows, trying to hand out flyers to startled drivers.