The startled cat watched her bang through the kitchen door and bound up the stairs to her room.

That was not the way of a startled cat.

When he heard distant thunder crack, he jumped like a startled cat.

She turned like a startled cat, hissing a warning.

The captain suddenly realized his mistake and jumped like a startled cat.

But Don was gone, like a startled cat.

I swear my heart missed a beat and the hairs on my neck bristled like a startled cat.

Niko spun about, quick as a startled cat.

She hissed at me like a startled cat and buzzed high into the air above me.

A startled cat jumped out of the shadows and scurried through a wrought-iron fence.