Examples of 'is startled' in a sentence

Meaning of "is startled"

is startled: Denotes being suddenly surprised, alarmed, or shocked by something unexpected. It implies a sudden or involuntary reaction to a sudden event or stimulus, often resulting in a physical or emotional response that indicates surprise or fear.

How to use "is startled" in a sentence

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is startled
Everyone is startled and stops for a moment.
The old man is startled.
He is startled by an entity and flees back to his room.
The man at the boat is startled by her screams.
He is startled to see a stranger in the mirror as he prepares to shave.
But it can abruptly and rapidly burst upwards if it is startled.
The winged horse is startled and he rears backward.
Is startled by sudden noises and movements.
The bridge is startled into activity.
A quiet midnight crossing of the river The enemy is startled by our army.
Joey is startled and immediately leaves.
The party is startled.
Betty is startled awake in her bed on a stormy night.
Struggs chases the scorpion outside and is startled by the rattlesnake.
She is startled and moves instinctively to a defensive position.

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If one is startled.
She is startled and pushes you away reflexively.
Another is startled.
It is startled by what it has become.
Anzeros is startled.
She is startled to see him and follows him to see what he is doing.
Takeko is startled.
He is startled as he awakes beside her with an old gardener standing over them.
Jason is startled.
She is startled to notice the possessed Birju who later attacks her with an axe.
Jenkins is startled.
She is startled when the phone is answered by herself ten years previously.
Prem agrees to the meeting and is startled to see Sonia.
Jasminia is startled by the loud noise.
When the fetus receives the stimulation initially, it is startled.
An old proprietor is startled by the sudden appearance of a skull.
When the fetus first receives the stimulation, it is startled.
A kitten is startled and does a backflip.
Straight-up crest feathers can mean the bird is startled or highly curious.
A city is startled by a serial killer.
In section one, an artist sketches a face and is startled when its mouth starts moving.
The student is startled and practically jumps out of her skin.
His hilarious reaction here proves just how easily he is startled by loud, sudden noises.
Everyone is startled at first.
Who knows where he will land, lest Hitler is startled.
Kate is startled.
YuI is always so calm, but he can be a scatterbrain when he is startled too.
Thor is startled.
Beware, lest Hitler is startled.
Kit is startled.
She is startled by a vision of a dead Evan and flees her apartment.
Lady Rose is startled.
She is startled when Jed reveals that he is a pilot.
James dutifully kisses her, but is startled by a shadow in the corner.
He is startled to hear Ben in the kitchen.

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