Similar words: startling, start, start up, start off, upstart, start on, starter, fits and starts. Meaning: ['stɑrtl /'stɑː-] 
adj. excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
adj. excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement. 
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31. Suddenly she sat bolt upright as if something had startled her.
32. I was startled by the sudden opening of the door.
33. She was startled by a sudden movement in the shadowy hallway.
34. He startled from sleep.
35. He answered all the questions with a readiness that startled everyone present.
36. I yelled in my dream, which startled my roommate out of his sleep.
37. The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.
38. Eileen was deep in concentration, and the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her.
39. Graham looked up sharply, startled by a noise behind him.
40. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.
41. The telephone startled him.
42. He was startled by their angry reaction to his innocent remark.
43. I was startled by a rapid movement to my left.
44. The second paragraph startled me even more than the first.
45. A crowd of 2000 was startled near the end of the concert.
46. Her article on diet startled many people into changing their eating habits.
47. She is so startled and afraid that she complies.
48. The sound of his voice startled me.
49. I said, startled by the tone of her voice.
50. Quick footsteps on a stone stair startled me awake.
51. Lucy flashed a startled glance at him.
52. He was startled by the landscape and the people.
53. The startled reporters looked up from their notebooks.
54. We both seemed equally startled to see each other.
55. I am startled to find myself addressing you instead.
56. A startled cheer erupted from the crowd.
57. He was so startled that he dropped the drill.
58. He looked up startled into their laughter.
59. We ran upstairs[sentencedict.com](sentencedict.com), knocking aside startled servants.
60. She gave him a startled look and walked on.
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