The realization startled her.

Another realization startled him then: This was the first time he'd experienced this sensation since he'd learned of Thriss's suicide.

He had half-filled the second glass when abrupt realization startled him so that he spilled a great gout of wine where it lay like a puddle of blood on the snowy cloth.

And - and the realization startled him - he had none.

The realization that she was actually considering seeing a doctor startled her.

The realization startled him; he usually slept on his left side or his right.

The realization startled him.

As always, the realization startled him.

The realization startled him, left him mentally gawping.

The realization that she was Finally going to see one of her dreams in actual fact startled her out of her fantasy and her tears completely.