Sentence examples for a surprising state of from inspiring English sources

It is a surprising state of affairs.

So there may have been a few youngsters here, blissfully unaware of the scars of previous decades, who were feeling very sympathetic towards the tourists last night – a most surprising state of affairs.

A disputatious panel at last year's professional conference revealed the surprising state of the field (it's as bad as you think).

Santorum's the natural pick for making an impact, coming off a surprising three-state clobbering of Romney and a poll bump.

5.09am BST Day two recap From the ghost town of Grafton into the trails of Zion and the canyons along Route 12, day two took Marcel, Jacob and Andy through the overwhelming landscapes that Utah has to offer – and which were only a fraction of this enormous and surprising state.

It also turns out that a surprising number of states grant the right to carry an unconcealed weapon.

And there are a surprising number of states where one or two House seats changing hands either way could affect the outcome.

A surprising 63.4% of women stated that they would change their body size if requested by their husband – to an average change of 2 sizes smaller than their CBI.

Although its efforts are almost a state secret, a surprising number of people cite the MDRC as perhaps the nation's single most successful government-funded and research-oriented anti-poverty effort to date.

But more important is his perspective as a senator from a state where a surprising chunk of the population still lacks an Internet hookup, and where telephone service is subsidized by people living in more densely populated states what Stevens calls the "South 48".

Sabathia was chased after the next batter doubled, and he joined his other superstar teammates in a state of surprising dislocation, watching a game that normally he would have been playing in.