Sentence examples for which startled me from inspiring English sources

And then he gave his own answer, which startled me a little, even though I had known it all along: "Well, it wasn't out of pleasure".

Purely as a speech, in isolation from non-rhetorical reality, Obama's first Inaugural was not as good as George W. Bush's first, the high quality of which startled me at the time.

Her name was Prune, which startled me until I realized it was French for Plum, and like the Sykes sister, she (an émigré from Chloé's Madison Avenue outpost) embodied expensive Uptown chic, with long blond hair and a sleek camel-colored ensemble.

Which startled me for a moment.

The Walters' lawyer was aggressive, which startled the board.

His caddie was holding a 6-iron, which startled Allenby.

One of the women was in front of the house wailing - a Negro mourning custom, which startled the child.

This gesture of openness, which startled the Catholic world, would prove not to be an isolated event.

The companies have not commented on the reason for the change, which startled fans of Ms. Cole.

Glenn Bernbaum, the proprietor of Mortimer's, died 2 weeks ago, at age 76, and left an unusual will which startled his regulars.

His name was Serafin and he was something Balkan, and that was all I knew except that he could tell a story in a way which startled you.