definition
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
example
a horse that startles easily
definition
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
definition
To deter; to cause to deviate.
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Surprised and slightly frightened.
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Extremely shocked.
His voice startled her.
She gave a startled laugh.
He looked startled for a moment, and then composed himself.
We were startled by the ring of my cell phone.
He was standing close and she was startled by a desire to be swept into his arms again.
At Adrienne's startled expression, Rachel laughed.
She coughed to cover her startled laugh.
The boy was startled and his eyes were big.
Awhile later, the sound of furniture crashing against the tile floor startled her, and she sat up from where she'd been dozing in front of the TV.
Startled, he jumped to his feet, dropping the umbrella.
She blinked rapidly, startled by the sensations going through her.
You just startled me.
When no one did, she crossed to the door and opened it, startled by who stood before.
At Mary's startled look, she was afraid she had stepped over the line.
Her question startled me with its frankness.
The cry startled those around her, and she glanced back at the kid, who stared in her direction.
One night in the beginning of winter, before the pond froze over, about nine o'clock, I was startled by the loud honking of a goose, and, stepping to the door, heard the sound of their wings like a tempest in the woods as they flew low over my house.
Suddenly he was startled by a noise close by him.
Carmen accepted the hug and stepped back, startled to silence.
She followed his gaze as he put her down to determine what had startled him.
Startled by the bond, she stopped.
Startled, Damian stared at her.
They appeared in the quiet living room, turning at the startled gasp.
He stopped abruptly and turned, his expression clearly startled until he realized it was her.
The intense sensation startled her.
Cade's tone was a little startled and a lot amused.
Startled, Bianca turned to face the doorway, recognizing the petite blonde woman who saved her from Dusty's bullet in Talon's garage.
She caught her breath in a startled gasp of pain.
Without looking back, she dashed to the house, past a startled Sarah, and then to her room.
Deidre whirled, startled at how quickly he appeared.
He woke up and looked round for a while with a startled expression, unable to realize where he was.
The news startled her, and she wasn't sure why it made her feel … bummed.
I was startled by my wife's naked fear.
Startled, she looked up.
Startled, Deidre's gaze went from the muscular legs to his face.
One had her form under my house all winter, separated from me only by the flooring, and she startled me each morning by her hasty departure when I began to stir--thump, thump, thump, striking her head against the floor timbers in her hurry.
After a startled look at Lisa, she turned on Giddon, a frown wrinkling her forehead.
Her parents, next door at a neighborhood barbeque, were startled by a gun shot.
I found that it was as well for me to rest on my oars and wait his reappearing as to endeavor to calculate where he would rise; for again and again, when I was straining my eyes over the surface one way, I would suddenly be startled by his unearthly laugh behind me.
She spun at the voice, startled to see Mr. Checkmate, the man she'd met on the beach when she arrived at the Sanctuary the first time.
Katie pushed herself up, startled by the stickiness on her hand.
Ryland was startled by the comment.
That word startled my soul, and it awoke, full of the spirit of the morning, full of joyous, exultant song.
For a moment she was too startled to do anything but stand there.
A side-glance led her gaze to the startled eyes of Bordeaux.
He looked startled for a second, and then the dimple appeared along with a twinkle in his eyes.
However, when the phone rang—one a reservation, the other a lengthy call for Fred from his current beloved—Cynthia jumped like a startled rabbit.
He looked startled, his gaze fixed on her eyes.
As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation.
She opened the door and the bright daylight in that previously darkened room startled her.
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