"startle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The sommelier seems genuinely startled, not to mention relieved, when he accepts both of them.
- She was genuinely startled at the idea.
- He was genuinely startled by the thought.
- He was genuinely startled to observe something he had not anticipated.
- Tatya was genuinely startled by his vehemence, if not a little guilty.
- 'Good heavens, no.' She was genuinely startled at the idea.
- But she was doing it, and he was genuinely startled.
- Kimberly flipped open the phone, already expecting the worst, and then was genuinely startled to hear Rainie's voice on the other end of the line.
- It took him a moment to place the name; then, he was genuinely startled.
- Sandy looked at her daughter, genuinely startled by the question and the sound of her daughter's voice.
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