Sentence examples for modicum of surprise from inspiring English sources
Details for Sunday's ceremony have been kept tightly under wraps as producers strain to deliver a live telecast that has some modicum of surprise.
Amid weariness on the awards circuit, which is every bit as calculated and draining as the political trail (if occasionally with better food), some in Hollywood have called for the Academy Awards to be moved up to January, which would help them contend with ratings competitors like the Golden Globes, and perhaps deliver a modicum of surprise.
Trump's surprise was itself a surprise to anyone with a modicum of understanding of American military history.
But this should not come as any surprise to anyone with even a modicum of memory.
Establishing that modicum of trust took years.
A modicum of people like it.
There is a modicum of control.
It provided a modicum of hope".
"I had a modicum of talent".
It even contains a modicum of good news.
How dare they enjoy a modicum of economic comfort?
