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startled

stor tuhld

  • v  to stimulate to action
    ..startled him awake
  • v  move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
    She startled when I walked into the room
  • s  excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
    students startled by the teacher's quiet return
    the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons
    her startled expression

  • Maybe that's why we are startled by gratitude in the season of peace.
  • But it was her homegrown technique the fierce pelvic contractions, the rugged "floor work" that startled those who took for granted that real dancers soared through the air .
  • While assisting in a spinal operation in the 1970s, Upledger was startled to notice a strong pulse in the membranes that surrounded the patient's spinal cord.
News & Articles

  • SHOCKING VIDEO: Man saves cat from boa constrictor
    Incredible footage shows a man managing to pry a startled cat out of the suffocating clutch of a boa constrictor. Andres Gonzalez captured the footage on his cell phone in Costa Rica.
    June 17, 2013 - 14 WFIE Evansville
  • Dick Cheney: Edward Snowden a 'traitor' who likely spied for China
    As officials and the media try to figure out where National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is these days, details about the massive anti-terrorist surveillance program he revealed to a startled world are starting to be made public.
    June 16, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
  • Home invasion surprises both victims, intruders
    A Des Moines couple was startled this week when two burglars burst into their bedroom, police said.
    June 15, 2013 - The Des Moines Register

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