surprise
Example Sentences
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The economy has continued to surprise on the upside, just as trailing six months’ stock performance forecast.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The libretto is cumbersome although full of dramatic promise and surprise and with a comic episode that prefigures “Falstaff.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
It also could be a painful surprise for investors who assumed the worst of the surge in energy prices was behind them.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
“It was a bit of a surprise just how far ahead they are,” McLaren driver Oscar Piastri said after his first look at his rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
That shouldn’t be a surprise, since I told him we were having people over at five when he asked what time he could stop by.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing surprise
Emotions on Display
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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