"startle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He felt a touch and turned, startled back into his body.
- She had not heard him come and was startled into a cry.
- The sound of his own voice startled him into motion.
- For a moment Jenny was startled back into a normal state.
- Several men a block away, by the sound, startled into sudden activity.
- Some of the women started to scream, while the men were mostly startled into silence.
- She had been startled into sympathy, and his quiet "Of course!"
- But it was the head and face which had startled me into slowing pace.
- I would not want them to be startled into any inappropriate action.
- Maybe we'll startle them into a mistake that'll give us a chance to break completely free.
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