How to Use surprising in a Sentence

surprising

adjective

• 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.
• The size of some of the rainbows stocked this year have been surprising.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• Whether that’s true or not, the film is smart and surprising.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• On the other hand, the Horned Frogs have been one of the most surprising teams of the season.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
• 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
• That the court ruled for the coach is perhaps not surprising.
  — Jessica Gresko, Chron, 27 June 2022
• The departures from the race weren’t surprising and laid bare the contours of the race.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
• The Falcons’ 0-2 start isn’t surprising, but their play on the field is.
  — Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
• And then there’s Brentford, who are the surprising name on the list of those yet to win two games in a row.
  — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
• But now, a new study looks at the topic, and the results are surprising.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 May 2023
• With that in mind, the move to iPhone 14 Pro’s new pill-and-hole design isn’t surprising.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Aug. 2022
• Davis said in a statement that the results were surprising but still not good news for the state of the glacier.
  — Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2023
• At the end of the day, trusting your instincts might lead to a surprising win.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 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
• None of this—neither the facts nor the exclusion of the facts—should be surprising.
  — Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
• Even more surprising is the fact that Ruan never lived in the home.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022
• 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
• This fun take on the trend is ideal for a moody spring mani and gives a surprising dash of color to nails.
  — Alejandra Rodríguez, Glamour, 1 May 2025
• The past six months have seen a surprising amount of Godzilla content.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
• The only surprising part is...how is the rating not 100%?
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 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
• While that might have been a surprising wait, given the lack of depth at the position, Lathan Ransom has the tools and upside to be a huge addition for the locker room and the secondary.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2025
• The recasting was certainly surprising, especially considering Smits played the role in the film on which the prequel series Andor is based, Rogue One.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025