Startled in example sentence

While busied in stealing through the meadows towards the house, the noise of horse approaching startled her, and she felt how much more was to be apprehended from man, in some situations, than from solitude.

More example sentences with word startled

And everyone turned around, startled.

Sorry about that, if I startled anybody.

Count off!" My fellow hostages woke up, startled, and began to identify themselves in numbered sequence.

As my life goes on, I'm really startled to see that no event can properly be assessed for years after it has unfolded.

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