How to Use come as a (complete/total) surprise in a Sentence

come as a (complete/total) surprise

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  • This shouldn't come as a surprise—the last two years were the hottest on record.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This may come as a surprise, but some of us are tapped out this time of year.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the charms of a bed skirt are many.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But there’s a third source that many in the South are using that may come as a surprise.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The 1920 loss didn’t come as a surprise to Debs, who had run four times before.
    Anna Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020
  • Yet the fact his emotions can boil over should not come as a surprise.
    Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • This might come as a surprise to those who know me and my love for hacking things.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The ending will not have come as a surprise to either side.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • This shouldn’t come as a surprise — or be cause for concern.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The tepid response shouldn’t come as a surprise to Coleman.
    al, 25 Jan. 2023
  • An outbreak—even one this big—should not have come as a surprise.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Or did this level of success come as a surprise to you?
    Kyle-Brandon Denis, Billboard, 19 July 2023
  • Major Shift The shift in investors' minds does not come as a surprise now.
    Dennis Ledenkof, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But Putin’s choice should hardly have come as a surprise.
    Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The country’s success should not have come as a surprise.
    Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
  • So nothing with the Warriors should come as a surprise.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
  • That the game turned into a nail-biter in the final five minutes shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Bisaccio said the 3-point shooting did not come as a surprise.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • One of the most lethal hazards in a winter landscape might come as a surprise: rain.
    Max G. Levy, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The film’s visual stylishness shouldn’t come as a surprise.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The inclusion of Taaffe in the Senior Day program may have come as a surprise to some.
    Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
  • That the show is happening at all may come as a surprise, since the Cedar has not been open to the public since last March.
    Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Bensimon adds that her choice may come as a surprise to many.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • This might come as a surprise to Travis' mom, Donna Kelce, who expected to watch from the stands.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2024
  • This shouldn’t come as a surprise for those who picked up on a major clue in the Season 3 finale.
    Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 23 July 2024
  • The decision to move the teen’s case from juvenile to adult court seemed to come as a surprise to the teen’s attorney and the judge.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But his moral clarity might come as a surprise to any gay people who lived through the 1980s.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The findings likely won’t come as a surprise to cat owners.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • This may come as a surprise to anyone who’s been following along with me week to week.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
  • And to those working in the U.K. capital’s entertainment industry, this tidbit of insider tattle may not come as a surprise.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025

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