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1
as in amazed
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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as in ambushed
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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Recent Examples of surprised
Kim Lawton, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Don’t be surprised to see a lot more celebrities wearing Meta Ray-Bans, or creators filming original content using their glasses.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Has anything surprised you about it?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Adjective
And then a launch underperforms and everyone is surprised.
—Kim Lawton, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Don’t be surprised to see a lot more celebrities wearing Meta Ray-Bans, or creators filming original content using their glasses.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Verb
That, Navratilova said, is what surprised her most.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Has anything surprised you about it?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprised
Adjective
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Some riders were mounted, while others were leading horses by hand when the startled animals broke free, the outlet said.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Plans first unveiled to a startled Fox News host, Laura Ingraham.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
Verb
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When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, amazed at these quick-thinking kids.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Tovar ambushed Kilian’s first offering, pulling a two-run homer over the left-field fence to hand the Giants their fourth straight loss.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Puckett allegedly ambushed two deputies during a welfare check Friday night, killing a military veteran and injuring a second officer.—
Alexandra Koch , Lorraine Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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That shocked George, who the next year approved Parliament’s acts designed to rein in Massachusetts’ ability to govern itself.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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That shocked George, who the next year approved Parliament's acts designed to rein in Massachusetts' ability to govern itself.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Carney said antisemites in Canada have fired bullets at Jewish schools and thrown firebombs at synagogues and attacked community centers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Thousands of mail carriers across the United States were attacked by dogs in 2025, with Los Angeles topping the list for most attacks, according to a new report from the United States Postal Service.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Castro, who spent the day with Mejia and often translated for her, described Mejia as awed and giddy throughout the day.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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And the second-to-none acoustics, with 10,000 state-of-the-art fiber panels that project sound throughout the theater, will leave you awed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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They were stunned to discover thriving ecosystems made up of millimeter-sized organisms clinging to exposed rock surfaces in near-freezing darkness.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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The villagers on the rock had ripped clothes and dirty faces, seemingly stunned that they had been found alive in the race against starvation and suffocation.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Karl-Anthony Towns, who was on the podium with him, took off his glasses and looked at his teammate with a bewildered expression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Everyone was so relieved to see how bewildered everyone else was that the feeling in this place was almost festive.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Surprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprised. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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