Sentence examples for if surprising from inspiring English sources

The answer is simple, if surprising.

The result was predictable, if surprising.

As it happens, the correct, if surprising, answer is "i".

It would be nice, if surprising, for Congress to make that possible for Puerto Rico.

Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, had a simple if surprising answer when asked the key to his storied career.

Kearns' victory was a popular if surprising one; he'd been considered one of the outsiders on the seven-strong shortlist.

The ginger flavor remained gentle and subdued and was, if anything, surprising.

What-if scenarios are surprising.

I don't know if that's surprising.

He's nothing if not surprising".

The numbers he quoted were striking if not surprising.