Sentence examples for complete surprise of from inspiring English sources

To the complete surprise of the Iranians, Saddam Hussein managed to retain the loyalty of the Iraqi Army, where Shiite conscripts formed a majority.

The New Yorker, December 20 , 1941P. 9 A little boy strolled into his home the afternoon of the first air-raid alarms, to the complete surprise of his mother who hadn't heard a word about the excitement.

Looking up at her teacher, she asked, rather confidentially, "Should I cry?" There is also the case of the little boy who strolled casually into his home the afternoon of the historic first air-raid alarms, to the complete surprise of his mother, who was baking a cake and hadn't heard a word about the excitement.

By Russell Maloney, Jean Drab, and Harold Ross The New Yorker, December 20 , 1941P. 9 A little boy strolled into his home the afternoon of the first air-raid alarms, to the complete surprise of his mother who hadn't heard a word about the excitement.

This doesn't come as a complete surprise, of course.

Complete surprise to all of us, particularly to the military experts.

This will probably not come as a complete surprise to most of the women on this planet.

"It came as a complete surprise to many of them that they could not taste the different flavours," he tells me.

Having had to challenge the state repeatedly during her public law and human rights career, it wasn't a complete surprise to learn of the government's blanket approach to spying on citizens, says Spurrier of the Edward Snowden revelations.

His announcement was a complete surprise to all of us (especially my mom -- she and my dad had just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary).

The news that one of the company's senior managers is leaving comes as a complete surprise to Paul Simmonds, CEO of Kinsington Textiles, Inc. (KTI).