Examples of surprising in a Sentence
It's not surprising that he doesn't want to go.
The changes to the campus were surprising.
He shows a surprising lack of concern for others.
A surprising number of people were laid off at the factory.
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Rubin: There was a surprising lack of campiness to this whole thing.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
This ability was not entirely surprising, given Flack’s musical background.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
Although the depths of Messi’s depression revealed by the chat with Zane Lowe are surprising, the suggestion he was unsettled in Paris is not new.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: The switch to ICE making more arrests now than CBP isn't surprising since there is no lower border traffic, but also fewer people even trying to travel through the Darién Gap, Boston College Law School professor Daniel Kanstroom tells Axios.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
This ability was not entirely surprising, given Flack’s musical background.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
Although the depths of Messi’s depression revealed by the chat with Zane Lowe are surprising, the suggestion he was unsettled in Paris is not new.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: The switch to ICE making more arrests now than CBP isn't surprising since there is no lower border traffic, but also fewer people even trying to travel through the Darién Gap, Boston College Law School professor Daniel Kanstroom tells Axios.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Surprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprising. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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