How to Use surprising in a Sentence

surprising

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• The changes to the campus were surprising.
• It's not surprising that he doesn't want to go.
• He shows a surprising lack of concern for others.
• A surprising number of people were laid off at the factory.
• What’s even more surprising is how the 26-year-old plans to spend it.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 July 2024
• For her, that was the most surprising aspect of the story.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• But now, a new study looks at the topic, and the results are surprising.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 May 2023
• Uh, what’s surprising is, in the last round of the vaccine, very few people got it.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• If that phrase strikes you as odd, that may not be surprising.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
• What’s the most surprising thing that’s happened to you?
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• Even better, there are a surprising amount of under-$100 deals to shop.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• The triumph of vinyl isn’t surprising, as record sales have been growing for the past 16 straight years.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• The past six months have seen a surprising amount of Godzilla content.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
• Not bad for a film that’s set in 2013, which required a surprising amount of retro equipment to pull off.
  — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
• The most surprising finding that emerged from the data was the wide range of germline mutation rates.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• And though the pairing was surprising at first, the quarterback says that the pop star is now just part of the family.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2023
• So for that kind of money to be siphoned away is not that surprising.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
• That may not be surprising, given the protests breaking out all over the country.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
• But the most surprising total was one that wasn’t listed at all.
  — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• The Home Renovation Hub The second floor of the store held the most surprising areas.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2024
• And for a car revealed in 2023, the fact that this concept is not fully electric is surprising.
  — Peter Lyon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Expect that to change this spring thanks to a surprising rising star: the humble gray hoodie.
  — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
• Black ceilings are one of the biggest—and most surprising—trends of 2023, according to a trend report from Houzz.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
• That failure should not have been so surprising, given what happened when the Nazis tried the same tactic.
  — Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2023
• Wilde and Ratajkowski have been friends, making the kiss even more surprising.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 23 Apr. 2023
• Not surprising for a guy who once helped Texas recruit and sign a sharpshooting beanstalk named Kevin so many years ago.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The collar has a basic appearance, so the price was a little surprising to our tester.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• But the most surprising worry for investors this week should come from the stock market’s own success.
  — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
• Perhaps even more surprising, markets no longer believe the Fed will cut rates in 2023.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 28 May 2023
• Neo has crafted a moving and often humorous story of friendship and growing up set within a remarkably fresh and surprising world.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024