Deer and rabbits are easily startled.
The car lurched forward like a startled animal.
Yes, "startled" is the past participle of startle.
The spelling is startled, as in The trick STARTLED him.
Startled means to be in shock or amaze of something.
more startled most startled
'Startled' is the verb. 'My voice', is the common noun subject of the sentence. 'her' is a pronoun object of the sentence.
You startled me, because I hadn't heard you come home.
The startled deer zigzagged out of the underbrush and was gone in a flash.
The is the past tense of the VERB to startle.
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He glanced over my shoulder with a startled expression.
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