Sentence examples for is almost surprising from inspiring English sources

After so many polarized predictions by N.B.A. observers on whether Lin would be a star or a bust, his ending up somewhere in the middle is almost surprising.

This story, driven by undercurrents and oblique hints, is almost surprising in its circumspection.

Given this climate, it is almost surprising that three people voted against British rule.

As a writer and performer Ms. Fey mocks everything, but she rarely disparages her children even in jest, which is almost surprising in such a sharp-edged humorist.

It is almost surprising that none of them were in the lineup when Derek Lowe no-hit the team, called the Devil Rays then, in 2002.

It is almost surprising to compare how relaxed and amiable he appears in contrast to the intense and often fiery man who plays for Saracens and England.

Then, it turns its power on Ron Paul, using a drastically edited piece of a recent debate to pretend Paul is welcoming a nuclear-armed Iran (it's almost surprising the Bachmann campaign didn't Photoshop a Muslim turban on his head).

Of course, the Nasdaq Composite didn't get to over 6,000 by accident, but Big Tech's initial victory lap even at market highs was almost surprising.

–The ability to pour a conversation with one person taking place across different chat services and SMS into a single onscreen "card" seems so logical it's almost surprising no one has done it before.

What happened next, then, was almost surprising: nothing.

It's almost surprising that entrepreneurs didn't pick up on this problem sooner.