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

This young man was a cockney of the small shop-keeping class—a Philistine of the Philistines—hence there was no call to feel surprise at his self-glorification over such a matter.

From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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