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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In the year 2000, a team of Yale researchers published a surprising paper.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
New York’s green spaces, park corridors and fragmented habitats support a surprising diversity of species, and red foxes have carved out niches in these urban and suburban landscapes.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
This may seem surprising, but it, too, can be demonstrated with mathematics.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
New York’s green spaces, park corridors and fragmented habitats support a surprising diversity of species, and red foxes have carved out niches in these urban and suburban landscapes.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
This may seem surprising, but it, too, can be demonstrated with mathematics.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Surprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprising. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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