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Such action would not be considered a threat so a lawsuit for damages would not be an option.
According to the only report about how it happened, he was sleeping and the spider was either near the bed or actually in the bed, the second is most likely. He could have rolled over and startled it causing it to bite him.
Another article stated most of this band had Christian theme songs, but on the following album didn't." Heard one song (Terror Starts At Home) and because I'm tone deaf I need 2 hear videos with headphones, short story short beginning of song startled me.
The Ghost has to leave Hamlet because morning is about to come. In Shakespearean times, it is believed that dead spirits cannot dwell during the daytime which is why they come during the evening. Since the cock crows, that means the sun is about to rise and The Ghost must leave.
The spelling is startled, as in The trick STARTLED him.
Startled is the verb in your sentence.
Yes, "startled" can be a participle when used in a sentence like "The startled cat ran away." In this case, "startled" is functioning as an adjective to describe the cat.
Startled means to be in shock or amaze of something.
more startled most startled
Deer and rabbits are easily startled.
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.
He glanced over my shoulder with a startled expression.
Surprised almost means the same as startled.
The problem with the wording in "Startled by the noise, the alarm clock was knocked on the floor" is that it makes it sound like the alarm clock was startled. It would be better written: "Startled by the alarm clock, I knocked it on the floor."
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