Sentence examples for certain surprise from inspiring English sources

Some things just don't happen very often, and when they do they can provoke a certain surprise.

I read the early chapters about Plath's childhood and adolescence and college years with pangs of rueful recognition — the three of us were almost the same age — and with a certain surprise at the accuracy and authority of Anne's evocation of what it had been like to be a young person living in America in the nineteen-fifties.

Speaking of which, you might register a certain surprise at our picks.

One thing is almost certain: surprises often lurk beneath the paint.

There are certain surprises that could emerge, such as Texas A&M, coming off a Southeastern Conference title.

Jewalikar admitted that it had thrown up certain surprises, including the high rankings of artists including Julio Iglesias, Andrea Bocelli, Gloria Estefan and Celine Dion.

But on certain occasions, surprise your partner.

In cost-plus the government covers development expenses and certain unpleasant surprises but limits the contractor to a small markup (typically 6% to 9%).

The results were, in certain aspects, a surprise.

When Roy Shaw, who has died aged 93, was appointed secretary-general of the Arts Council in 1975, there was a certain amount of surprise, and even resentment.

To obtain the money, the strong-willed Harvey Weinstein agreed to a set of restrictions that elicited a certain amount of surprise and admiration.