Startled

Examples

• Mr. Bell quite startled me when he said, some idea of the kind--' 'Mr. Bell! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She struck a light and stood startled, listening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He looked up at her with his full, elfin eyes startled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A rap at the door startled him in this occupation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She too was startled, almost frightened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said, O God a' mercy! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But he had started round, surprised and startled that she should ask him to look in her bag, which she always kept so VERY private to herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I was a little startled at the nature of the child's amusement, but the father's laughter made me think that perhaps he was joking. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then he looked, startled ever so little, and said one word: Well? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Her dark blue eyes, in their wetness of tears, dilated as if she was startled in her very soul. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But now Celia was really startled at the suspicion which had darted into her mind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Bart caught the startled glance of Mr. Percy Gryce, whose own lips were never defiled by tobacco. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Fanny was startled at the proposal. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The sound of his laugh startled him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Elinor, startled by his manner, looked at him anxiously, saying, What? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Upon my life, it fairly startled me when the man spoke! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• One would be startled to see him with a bright tie, a loud checked suit, or a fancy waistcoat, and yet there is a curious sense of fastidiousness about the plain things he delights in. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the light of the hall-lamp Laura looked at me, with white cheeks and startled eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her voice was loud and clamorous, the other people in the room were startled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Caliphronas, too startled to speak, stood looking blankly at the Demarch, pale as the marble pillar against which he leaned. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The men had excited, startled faces, the women looked solemn, some of them had been crying. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She could not think it he, and lay staring up at him in startled silence, till he stooped and kissed her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Lawyer as he was to the very marrow of his bones, I startled him out of his professional composure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But Archer had found himself held fast by habit, by memories, by a sudden startled shrinking from new things. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I have come back, you see; but--_don't_ look so startled--I have come back in what I may call a new way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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