A complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions.
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Organism's immediate response to a change in its environment.
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Examples for "startle response "
Examples for "startle response "
1 The acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition were also unaffected in both strains.
2 No hemodynamic changes associated with the startle response were observed.
3 Have you noticed that you have an exaggerated startle response ?
4 The startle response (body twitch) was evoked by an abrupt decrease in light intensity.
5 I've never seen a startle response that dramatic.
1 He deserved something from her, even if it was a startled reaction .
2 This prompted a startled reaction from both Venner and Kara.
3 She jerked back her hand at my startled reaction .
4 It was a shoulder tap so gentle that my startled reaction was a tad excessive.
5 She jumped in startled reaction , laughed out loud, tossed him a last sweet smile, and left.
6 I didn't have time to do more than yelp and go into a full-body twitch of pure, startled reaction .
7 He could not have failed to note my startled reaction , which had to have given him a completely false impression.
8 Sometimes he did one of those things when a nurse was in the room, because their startled reactions were amusing.
9 There was another gunman there, whose startled reaction to his appearance was probably the closest Holsten had yet come to actually being shot.
10 The owner's startled reaction to a visit by an inspector from the CID suggested that he was guilty, though not necessarily of murder.
11 Ben Hanscom threw his-nota calculated throw but the startled reaction of a person who has been utterly surprised by some piece of nasty work.
12 "Rose?" he managed to croak after chewing and swallowing and quite possibly stalling for time to cover his initial startled reaction .
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