Children love to startle their parents by surprising them as they come around a corner. From LearnThat.org.
September 30th, 2009 Oregon dad gets trial in startle neck cuff caseSALEM, Ore. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
The simple reaction that "he must be wrong" because his findings surprise or even startle is simple establishment bias. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Vedder, Sounding Reasonable, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
This is called the startle reflex; it's an automatic response to fear or danger, and it's very hard to fake. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs] Reference
I, too, feel cheated if the author withholds important info just so he can "startle" me. From Wordnik.com. [Story Twist and Shout] Reference
Around then, infants lose their "startle" and "rooting" reflexes and begin to master purposeful movements. From Wordnik.com. [How To Build A Baby's Brain] Reference
Date and title startle him. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
"I beg your pardon; I trust that I did not startle you.". From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"Don't startle her," cautioned the nurse, motioning for silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm] Reference
"Have you seen anything to startle you, Miss Honor?" he says at last. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
I didn't want to startle whatever feline presence had come to visit. From Wordnik.com. [Norm Bladdon, Private G.I.] Reference
When they managed to pierce that absolute silence, it would startle you. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 17] Reference
She's had an awful spell, but she's better now; but you mustn't startle her. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
In some of your story-telling ballads the provincial phrases sometimes startle me. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Gatty, Gatty, startle not your Father so, restrain your impatience; he wonders now. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
The flying machine seemed not to startle the great bird at all; it only angered her. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Many of the lies at the convention were told so often, they lost their power to startle. From Wordnik.com. [A Feast Of Hate And Fear] Reference
Such horrible shrieks and appalling yells would startle a Red-Indian war-whoop into fits. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Pushing rapidly across the open valley we startle gazelles from their hiding-places among the reeds. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
These practices startle consumers who think such high fees and interest rates must be against the law. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Rates! Bigger Fees!] Reference
He combines charm with a sudden ferocity that can startle even the most polished minister or civil servant. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
And he did startle Koku, for the loud voice, coming so suddenly, sent the giant out of the booth on the run. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
Mitch slumped forward, then, just as I grabbed the sharp, top edge of the passenger's door, he seemed to startle slightly. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
Horns failed to startle her, and she never looked to the sidewalks for friends, or for pretty people she might befriend. From Wordnik.com. [The Messenger] Reference
Finally, our cover image this week will no doubt startle some, though not those who read NEWSWEEK's Arabic-language edition. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
Angela placed her hand lightly on his shoulder as not to startle him, letting it pause before placing the tray in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Cinnamon Doughnuts and a Neenish Tart] Reference
Yet she bit back the scream lest it should startle him, every muscle of her body rigid with the effort that her silence cost her. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"Both Bob and Doug like to startle people," says Peter Temin, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From Wordnik.com. [The Urge To 'Startle People'] Reference
Drew his face — over and over I drew his face until he began to notice that what I drew would startle — even disturb him a little. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
Therefore they have to be so nonchalant as to stop their ears, lest the hum of the busy world should suddenly startle them from sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But for the moviegoer, there's an upside to this obscurity: a foreign film, being terra incognita, can startle you with the unexpected. From Wordnik.com. [Surprise, Surprise!] Reference
When abreast of the carriage he dismounted, and walking up to it, saluted the Emperor in a quick, brusque way that seemed to startle him. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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