Sentence examples for without startling from inspiring English sources

There must be some other way of letting the boy know his ride has arrived without startling everyone within earshot.

But Spirit could provide the option to pick a seat and check a bag before it charges your credit card, allowing the company to show off that low fare without startling anyone with charges.

The only thing I could do at this juncture was to step backward, one baby step at a time, without startling the subject.

In the event that you absolutely cannot travel on without startling her, cr0wn her.

There are some places where it is impossible to pass without startling her.

Slowly put a spoonful of food out close enough to you so you can reach out without startling them.

Gen. Hussam Muhammad Amin, head of Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate, appeared to reflect some confidence that the inspections would run their course without any startling discoveries of banned weapons programs.

But it is also an inward journey, a time of quiet contemplation, when, encased in an element at once hostile and familiar, I find myself at peace, able - and eager - to flex my mind, imagine new possibilities, to work things out without the startling interruptions of human voice or modern life.

They conclude that government choices will make the biggest difference, and Australia has the chance to combine strong growth and a strong environmental performance without any major shift in the attitude of its citizens to consumerism, and without any startling new technological developments.

The most significant part of this story comes without the startling language.

The voice is almost fruity but not quite, its modulations subtle without ever being startling.