surprises

Example Sentences

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Wait till the latter toot off their tops, as each of the 100 new puppets is full of surprises.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

There were no surprises from coach Roberto Martinez as he named a squad of "27 players plus one", a reference to former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash last July.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"This is a book that surprises and isn't perhaps what it seems like on the surface," said chair of the judges Natasha Brown.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Even before fully driverless cars arrive, this growing communication between vehicles and infrastructure will make driving safer and less stressful, reducing surprises and smoothing traffic flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“It surprises me that Sam would be taken for a thief. I thought he was a man of greater patriotism than that, but people fool you.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier