By then I didn't expect a response, so her voice startled the hell out of me.

He shook his head, and then the voice startled him.

The voice startled him and he spun round, looking up to see a young woman standing there.

The voice from the street startled all three of them.

The voice in his ear startled him, but he knew it at once.

That day, running on the beach, I was lost in my thoughts when a voice startled me.

Jackson's voice suddenly filled the room and startled everyone; himself, too.

And his voice coming out of that body startled her.

Her voice startled me, enough that I opened my eyes.

For the second time tonight, a voice from darkness startled her.