Sentence examples for was not startled from inspiring English sources

Perkins, however, was not startled by the result.

Given the way schools and cities change, Ms. Maurice said she was not startled to learn of the block's unsavory reputation a half century ago.

He was not startled by the trade, but he was startled by how he found out.

In the apostle Paul's letter to the Romans he says about Abraham that he was not startled by God's promises: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that: what he had promised, he was able also to perform (Rom 4 19-21).

"She wasn't startled, she wasn't alarmed or anything like that".

"If you think I wasn't startled," Captain Sullenberger said, "you misunderstand".

Viana was startled by my order and immediately lowered his voice, but he wasn't startled enough not to continue what he had begun to say.

"I wasn't startled so much as I felt validated" by the new numbers, said Anthony W. Sutton, deputy commissioner of the department of emergency services.

Scholars will cringe at the book's claim that Eisenhower wasn't startled by Hitler's fierce counteroffensive in December 1944, but many general readers will cheer Korda on.

The Blundens were not startled.

Overturning clichés is another familiar Ashberian game: we're not startled when someone says "King Alfonso of Spain," but we are when we hear "Alphonse I of Bemidji".