Sentence examples for was a bit startled from inspiring English sources
He saw that I was a bit startled.
I was a bit startled that Coll quotes Kiriakou as saying that he will wear his criminal conviction "like a badge of honor".
Jin Ying, 49, Mr. Wang's mother, said she was a bit startled when he came out two years ago, but she was not entirely surprised.
Gov. George W. Bush of Texas was a bit startled last week when asked about God's choice for president at a rally in Greenville.
Daisy Expósito-Ulla, chairwoman and chief executive of the Bravo Group, an advertising and marketing agency that focuses on Hispanic consumers, was a bit startled to be given a lifetime achievement award by Hispanic Business magazine.
When construction began, the neighbors were a bit startled by the neo-modern structure rising next to their more traditional homes.
Even cynics were a bit startled by the revelation that Justice Clarence Thomas's wife has been employed by the Heritage Foundation to gather resumes for potential appointments in the next administration.
Here, Claires evident sanity and kindness draw the viewer to her side, and we are a bit startled to discover that she, like everybody else, has weak points and blind spots.
In the opening of "Harmony" Prince Charles explains his life's work, saying, "I don't want my grandchildren or yours to come along and say to me, 'Why the hell didn't you do something; you knew what the problem was.' " Viewers still immersed in royal-wedding fever may be a bit startled, wondering if he is talking about the decline of the British monarchy.
Some people might be a bit startled.
