Sentence examples for acknowledging surprise from inspiring English sources

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Gilbert Ysern, the French Open tournament director, indicated as much by telephone Thursday while acknowledging surprise at the magnitude of the U.S. Open prize-money move.

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But he does acknowledge surprise that he was able to stage "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist" as he did.

When it did arrive with almost no notable disruptions anywhere, they were relieved, proud and, they acknowledge, surprised.

Acknowledging our surprise, the Royston coach explained: "We like to use this team as an 'incubator' for our youth talent".

Acknowledging his surprise, he said the station had logged only three calls in the first digital hours.

Even Mr. McCain acknowledges some surprise at how his populist reform message is growing into something larger than the sum of its parts.

When I was done, they seemed to acknowledge the surprise in my eyes, smiling as if to say: And you thought this was just a harmless little nine-hole golf course, didn't you?

He was confident that their resolve would yield success, but he acknowledged his surprise that Nieve, making his first major league start in almost three years, could overpower the robust Yankees, holding them to two runs and four hits over six and two-thirds innings.

Last night, at an event at the Oak Room honoring Peter Schjeldahl, the recipient of the 2008 Clark Art Institute Prize for excellence in arts writing, more than a few people acknowledged their surprise at the news — the art-world rumor mill had pegged Max Hollein, the director of the Stadel Museum, in Frankfurt, as a shoo-in — but the consensus was that Campbell is the man for the job.

Co-writers and co-directors Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen have acknowledged their surprise in getting away with an R instead of an NC-17, given the movie's most out-there and in-there sexual sight gags, along with some excessively gory details (Michael Cera impaled by a street light, but coming up with a zinger regardless).

"I did not know he was going to make that remark," said Mr. Sherman, acknowledging a rare surprise in a case in which he has carefully shielded his client from the press.

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