Sentence examples for conspicuous surprise from inspiring English sources

One conspicuous surprise was that even at temperatures as low as -250C, there was evidence of action on the farthest, coldest planet in the solar system.

Broadly speaking, it's true that the market at large has pretty low expectations for this round of earnings, and the few pleasant surprises may be conspicuous for their minority.

Gold hoop earrings are the most conspicuous accessory, but this isn't a surprise.

Why should anyone be surprised that the proliferation of pop songs about conspicuous consumption would get tiresome eventually?

Why should anyone be surprised that the proliferation of pop songs about conspicuous consumption would eventually get tiresome?

Even bearing in mind Woewodin's conspicuous purple patch, his 2000 Brownlow win was still something of a surprise.

Shoplifting is on the rise, and considering a slab of pork belly in your coat pocket is a little less conspicuous than, say, a boxed and tagged digital camera, it's no surprise the most recent Global Retail Theft Barometer study identified meat as one of the most commonly stolen items from supermarkets.

Conspicuous displays of faith by politicians are so common that it's a surprise when one doesn't have the Ten Commandments posted on his office wall.

But this camp includes surprises like William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative writer and editor, not a conspicuous bleeding-heart type.

The landings achieved complete surprise and the ruse that Normandy was only a diversion was assisted by conspicuous air and sea activity in the nearer Channel ports, and by large numbers of dummy tanks and trucks and tent camps.

But they do have a bit of a point when they acidly remark that it was David Cameron and George Osborne who authored the surprise election victory last year with a campaign in which the then home secretary did not play an especially conspicuous part.