Sentence examples for action surprising from inspiring English sources

Arizona fared somewhat poorly in the seatstakes (even American Samoa is much closer to the action), surprising for a bright-red state that is home to the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.

On Sunday afternoon, some Arab diplomats sought to portray themselves as stepping forward to take the lead in the Syrian crisis after Mr. Obama on Saturday abruptly pulled back from any immediate military action, surprising many Arab leaders hours before they had expected airstrikes might begin.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said the film "takes the bold (for Marvel) step of reducing CGI spectacle to a relative minimum in favor of reviving the pleasures of hard-driving old-school action, surprising character development and intriguing suspense".

Yet after ripples of protest earlier in the year, the lack of recent student action may seem surprising.

The Russian reaction to the U.S. action is not surprising.

In a press release, Florida's LGBT-rights group Equality Florida said the district board's actions were not surprising.

That prompted condemnation from Pope Benedict XVI, who described the police action as "surprising and deplorable".

David King, a senior portfolio manager at Putnam Investments, said he did not think the market's action was surprising.

The governor vetoed the bill late Wednesday night and announced his action today, surprising legislators in both parties.

The police action was surprising because it came only days after an appeals court overturned the conviction of a Briton in a similar case involving Twitter, in which the man had jokingly threatened to blow up an airport after his flight had been delayed by a snowstorm.

Fans on the long-established Prince.org forum suggested that although the action was surprising, it was not out of character for Prince.