Sentence examples for a slight surprise from inspiring English sources

West was left with a winner, a slight surprise.

So yes, that was a slight surprise to me.

Readers of this column had a slight surprise 40 years ago.

Of the five women nominated, Ms. Morton is a slight surprise – if only because her play closed in early March.

So it's a slight surprise to learn that the museum will soon publish its own manga-based book.

2.12pm GMT 8th over: Bangladesh 43-3 (Rahim 10 Anamul 25) Suresh Raina to bowl now, ahead of Amit Mishra, which is a slight surprise.

But when it comes to the micro level, things are not as clearcut: expecting the black guy to be a drug dealer on TV; slight surprise when a black friend goes off to medical school, followed by a "good for them".

When the human protagonists were called Sid or Roger and always reacted to their unasked-for troubles - a dastardly plot, a man with a syringe at Kempton Park - with slight surprise but unflappable mastery.

Onion, however, to my slight surprise, is a must – it's such a strong flavour that I had assumed it would be too dominant.

But there were a few slight surprises, with Tamarine Tanasugarn, the flat-stroking Thai veteran, defeating No. 18 Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3, and Alicia Molik of Australia defeating Spain's 12th-seeded Conchita Martínez, 7-5, 6-4.

Karen Burns-Booth, writing on the Great British Chefs website, and Duff both use the creaming method, where air is beaten into the batter to give the cake a lighter texture yet, to my slight surprise, we prefer Berry's closer, chewier consistency in this instance.