Sentence examples for nor surprised from inspiring English sources

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Johnson said he was neither perturbed nor surprised to see Williams' remarks.

He said he was feeling fine, and was neither overly worried nor surprised: he, too, had tested positive for the virus.

Those who know this will be neither shocked nor surprised at any terrible thing about the abuse of Australian Indigenous human rights the commission might uncover.

In the columns of a trellis, human heads peer out of the mouths of fish as if in the process of being eaten, though they seem neither concerned nor surprised by this.

He was confident that one day he would write something extraordinary; so when "The Zoo Story" suddenly popped out of him, in the course of three weeks in the winter of 1958, he was neither elated nor surprised.

Ten years later, in 1999, when I asked Larry how he would like to celebrate his 60th birthday (Paris came to mind, my mind), I was neither pleased nor surprised when he said he'd like to return to Portsmouth.

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The answer, "Not today," appeared neither to please nor surprise him.

David Robinson, writing in The Times observed that Licence to Kill "will probably neither disappoint nor surprise the great, faithful audience", but bemoaned the fact that "over the years the plots have become less ambitious".

If we, as American citizens, illegally entered Australia, Canada, Britain or any other country, we could hardly object to being asked for our papers, nor be surprised to be deported forthwith if we didn't have them.

The European players at the 2014 Ryder Cup insist they were neither offended nor entirely surprised by Phil Mickelson's verbal jab at them.

Nor is he surprised.

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