startle *

I was more startled by my performance than anyone else in the room.

A face looks startled one moment and is dead the next.

His mother came in first, and she was startled by the view.

She looked up, startled at the change in his voice.

He looked up as though the question had startled him.

She said nothing at all in answer, too startled by my question.

The feeling startled her, for she was used to being alone.

Only then did she turn to see what had startled him.

Across the room the young woman, startled, looked up from her own work.

The question startled me, and I turned back to face him.

He was not at all startled by a voice behind him.

She was startled to feel the eyes of another human being upon her.

She was startled to find David reading in the family room.

The old guy had startled her and now she was out of control.

He was startled to find them in front of him.

She was startled as a voice came from behind her.

He was startled by the sound of his own voice.

The sound of his voice in the still room startled him.

He started to look away and then looked back, startled.

The voice from the street startled all three of them.

The man of the house looked up, startled, from his place at the table.

After a moment, she was startled to hear the voice of the President himself.

The changes taking place in his young wife happened so quickly they startled him.

She was startled by just how much her life changed.

"So I was really startled when they turned out to be."