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How to use startles in a sentence

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The sharpness in her voice startles Clark, as does her sudden pointing finger.
But if something startles the deer and they begin to run, the whole herd of cows galumphs behind them until they reach the fence.
Another way the film startles is its highfalutin talk about prime numbers, chaos theory and French post-impressionist painters.
Luscious cream in puff pastry startles with the addition of salt-laced vanilla ice cream.
Researchers first assumed startles were needed to arouse an infant beginning to experience respiratory distress.
As you carefully squat down and try to relax a snake suddenly comes slithering through the weeds and startles you.
A sharp tap on the ground in front of the dog's legs startles him without scaring him.
The alarm clock startles you out of blissful alcoholic slumber and thrusts you into a nightmare world of pain and regret.
The clapping of the passengers startles me awake as we arrive at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
The eastern hognose snake is a medium sized snake that often startles people the first time they see one.
But in mine it prompts a longsuffering groan that rattles the windows and startles the cat.
Top 10 albums don't mean what they used to, but Jason Isbell landing there in the US with Something More Than Free still startles.
Perhaps this sudden burst of noise startles predators, helping the chipmunk to escape.
When your child startles you from sleep screaming for help with the scary monster in his dream or under the bed, what do you do?
When you get back into the car, the loudness of the radio startles you.
Darin has been staring into space, so Jason's sudden yelling startles him.
You may notice your dog startles when you come up behind her. Or perhaps she doesn't respond as quickly to the sound of the dog food bag.
Shostakovich startles us with rinky-dink vulgarity in the midst of tragedy and depression.
To escape from a straight jacket always creates a sensation and startles an audience. People associate this escape with Houdini!
There, the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca Atahualpa after a slaughter that, up to now, startles the humanity.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The sound of the approaching footsteps startles away a grey wolf from among the tombs, the sole inhabitant of that desolation.
Whenever we get under the skin, it is Shakespeare's femininity which startles us.
A hand laid upon her shoulder startles and deters her from her purpose.
What cry was that which startles the seraglio from its siesta?
The ground for some distance around sounds hollow, and startles the solitary trapper, as he hears the tramp of his horse giving the sound of a muffled drum.
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