surprise
Example Sentences
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The last one, less than three years ago, produced a surprise win for the progressive Move Forward party, which had campaigned on promises of root-and-branch political and economic reforms.
From BBC
The wide gap between large-cap blend and small-cap value surprises almost everyone seeing this for the first time.
From MarketWatch
France's only blemishes were moments of overplaying, which was hardly surprising for a team that was flying and enjoying themselves.
From Barron's
Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.
Yet the other surprise news is that, at least this past year, Congress kind of . . . did.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
