feel surprise

Example Sentences

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Brains also operate through anticipation; you feel surprise when your brain incorrectly predicts something.

From Science Magazine • May 31, 2022

I guess no one can blame him for that, but given what we know of his character, no one could feel surprise.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2014

So, don't feel surprise to hear ZTE has just launched a 5-inch smartphone in Beijing, dubbed Nubia Z5.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2013

He did not at first even feel surprise that she should be wandering solitary on the hill at that hour.

From Tales of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

He was too exhausted to feel surprise or joy when they suddenly dropped away from him; but the instinct of self-preservation was still in force, and he swam toward the wall.

From "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea by Robertson, Morgan