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Example sentences for "sudden start"

  • Why, then, did you give such a sudden start when I mentioned his name?

  • As Navarre made his request she gave a sudden start, as if the sound of the voice had frightened her; and a perceptible tremor was discernible in her tone as she requested him to be seated.

  • He gave a sudden start, then gazed a moment at me.

  • There he paused and gazed mechanically around him, then gave a sudden start, and turned abruptly, as he perceived in the distance the chateau standing out clearly against the horizon in the bright light of the rising sun.

  • MONK gives a sudden start--he looks at him.

  • Already were his lips opening to speak for the first time, when the attention of the group around him was arrested by his giving a sudden start of surprise.

  • The Canadian gave a sudden start, looked hastily round, and seemed to perceive for the first time the girl was absent.

  • Earl of Ellingham, with a wild glance and a sudden start, indicative of the most painful surprise.

  • But scarcely had his rude hand invaded the treasures of her bosom, when she awoke with a faint scream and a sudden start—the result of some disagreeable dream; and then the baronet clasped her with all the fury of licentiousness in his arms.

  • Scarcely had they done playing, when Marion awoke with a sudden start, and raised herself to a sitting posture in the bed.

  • When Ernestine laid her hand lightly on his arm, this pious youth pretended to give a sudden start, and the young girl was conscious of the sort of thrill that traversed her partner's arm.

  • Maillefort gave a sudden start of astonishment on recognising Mlle.

  • Noting the girl's sudden start, and the surprised glance she was directing towards the door, M.

  • But before Colonel Kelmscott could walk off Mrs. Clifford and her daughter to the marquee for refreshments, Elma gave a sudden start, and blushed faintly pink through that olive-brown skin of hers.

  • With a sudden start of horror Guy recognised him at once.

  • Cyril gave a sudden start at the conjunction of names, which naturally increased his captor's suspicions.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    address myself; certain times; could show; eight pages; either parent; great addition; great consequence; light winds; million bushels; natural order; open vessel; self from; should happen; sudden attack; sudden change; sudden changes; sudden death; sudden flash; sudden impulse; sudden rush; sudden start; sudden thought; sudden turn; suddenly felt; suddenly occurred; vegetable fibre