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by surprise
adverb as in short
Example Sentences
The policy was unexpectedly announced last year at the SNP conference by former first minister Humza Yousaf, angering councils who were taken by surprise.
That’s the energy Lamar is tapped into on the deeply irritated “GNX,” which came out by surprise Friday morning, eight months to the day after he jumped into an epic feud with Drake that ended up lifting Lamar to new heights of commercial success and cultural prestige.
"This result has taken us by surprise. We knew we would win but never expected such an overwhelming result," BJP spokesperson Pravin Darekar told reporters in Mumbai.
The move did not feature in Labour's election manifesto and the move, announced three weeks after its return to power, caught many MPs by surprise.
The nomination of McMahon, a major Republican donor, caught many education experts by surprise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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