That remark startled me so that if I had been sitting on a fence I expect I would have fallen off.

The last remark startled her.

The remark startled him.

This remark quite startled the Pack.

That remark startled Helva and she activated a magnification of his holographic image.

This striking remark startles Shivaraj Urs and he takes up the challenge.

"Maybe it's being a runner," and his remark startled her, it being near what she'd just been thinking, "but you"re the lightest thing on your feet.

But, at least, his remark had startled James out of his complacency.

Her remark startled me.

A remark which wounded him in some way, thought Servilia, startled.