Sentence examples for indicating surprise from inspiring English sources

The eyes, however, must be opened wide, indicating surprise, and after giving the kiss, the hand is opened, and then returned to any position one likes.

Her preference for playing in a vacuum, without distraction, was complicated by the presence of an intruder (me), and occasionally she let out a restrained "Ah!," indicating surprise at having forgotten to take care of something basic.

In that study, toddlers show decreased looking time to the same object rotated through any angle, but look longer at a mirror-image object (indicating surprise that is not the same object).

The protocol emphasises the need for assistants to avoid non-verbal cues indicating surprise or disapproval at the participant's eating patterns.

Although I indicated surprise, I never received an explanation.

All six indicated surprise at the Ghailani verdict and its sweeping number of acquittals.

"He said he was 19, and they said 'Really?' " said Mayor Maley, shaking his head to indicate surprise.

Mason has a criminal record on assault and other charges in New York, but Silas indicated surprise at the latest incident.

When at last the man pivoted, his instrument tilting up, a tension beneath his mustache indicated surprise and perhaps amusement at finding things in such readiness.

As President Dmitri A. Medvedev prepared to fire the finance minister, Aleksei L. Kudrin, a man widely seen as indispensable, a smile flickered across Mr. Surkov's face — whether it indicated surprise, approval or pure aesthetic appreciation was not clear.

Though the interceptor pilot reported to ground control, "Target destroyed", the Soviet command, from General on down, indicated surprise and consternation at KAL 007's continued flight, and ability to regain its altitude and maneuver.