Thesaurus results for BOWL OVER

bowl over

verb

as in to surprise

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister

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Recent Examples of bowl over Everman’s balanced attack too much for Wyatt Everman got 15 points from Carsyn Smith and 12 more from Makhiya Dangerfield as the Bulldogs bowled over Fort Worth Wyatt 69-14 in a Class 5A Division II bi-district tilt on Monday. —

Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026 Start by heating the chocolate and butter in a bowl over very low heat, stirring to combine. —

Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 Place bowl over hot water in saucepan, making sure water does not touch bottom of bowl. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026 Lewis was bowled over by Lee’s research, which included the revelation that an early version of Goldman Sachs was a venture investor in Clarence Birdseye’s flash-freezing method; Birdseye studied as an ornithologist (as well as a taxidermist, fur trader, hunter, and fish lobbyist). —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bowl over

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However, this time around, Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, opted to fly business class on Qantas, surprising some of their fellow fliers on the flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne.

— Helen Murphy, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
One Christmas, Alfortish surprised Garrison with a twenty-five-thousand-dollar bonus.

— Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026