Sentence examples for achieved the surprising from inspiring English sources

They've now achieved the surprising feat of being simultaneously intriguing and yawn-inducing.

That they achieved the pool as bathroom but not the backyard as skate park is perhaps not surprising.

The 527 groups were considered instrumental in the 2004 elections, when Democrats achieved a surprising takeover of the legislature and, at the federal level, won a Senate and a House seat.

Niskanen, a maverick in Finnish cinema in the 1960s who achieved a surprising commercial success with the 1967 rebellious-youth film "Girl of Finland," was in a personal and creative funk when the police killings offered inspiration.

But the bushwhacker from Africa achieved a surprising degree of success and, on his own initiative, founded the University of Hong Kong.

But the 17-year-old achieved a surprising clean sweep – he was accepted to every Ivy League school.

They thought this was Europe?' " Some of the ornate details that give the house its richly layered feeling were achieved in surprising and often inexpensive ways.

An interview that I did with him during the book tour for "Infinite Jest," in 1996, achieved a surprising longevity.

"It's therefore not surprising that the latter achieve the better results.

At the age of 47, more than two dozen albums into his career, Prince, below, has achieved a surprising triumph: his first No. 1 debut.

Thanks to some dogged diplomacy and a little skillful spin, two once implacable foes this week achieved a surprising, if temporary, rapprochement.