On one occasion I was startled with his line of questioning.

He looked at her quickly, not startled but with cool annoyance.

She has been known to startle them with poems about death.

But she even startled some veterans with her early results, particularly in the longer distances.

A short while later, my 13-year-old daughter startled me with an odd request.

Quinn looked up as he entered and startled him with a smile.

Even at age 10, Randy's voice startled people with its resonance.

A hand on my shoulder nearly startled me under the couch with Kelly.

I was looking at him from the side and startled with sudden fear as he issued some orders.

You startled me with your timing but it will work out all right.