What is "startles"

Usage examples of "startles".

We have the False Eagers, the Startles, and Riddance Ridge to pass yet today before we go down the deepsoil pass to Harmony.

So he catches up with Devorah and startles her by offering to carry the child support bag that she has slung over her shoulder.

The Watchers, the Startles, the Creeping Desert, the Mad Gap, the list went on and on, all marked for destruction, with a line of march leading from demolition site to demolition site as the road was cleared before them.

He catches it on the short bounce with a quickness that startles them.

She gently lets herself sink onto the cushions of the porch glider and startles Eccles by kicking up her legs as with a squeak and sharp sway the glider takes her weight.

The red-orange meatball painted on the wingtip startles him when he notices it.