Sentence examples for once surprised from inspiring English sources

He once surprised an interviewer by observing: "To me, these are all conservative ideas… Economic stability.

A friend once surprised us all by getting married and begetting a son.

Borough officials were at once surprised and angered, contending that there was no sidewalk there to begin with.

There is also a crafts club that once surprised one of its members whose house burned down by needle-pointing seat cushions for her dining room chairs.

He exchanged the company Mercedes for a more modest model and once surprised his colleagues in London by arriving in a taxi rather than the customary limousine.

Ms. Yamner once surprised him midgame with chocolate chip cookies and milk that she had arranged to be delivered to his apartment in San Francisco.

Once, Robert surprised a troupe of ducklings.

On desserts, the kitchen once again surprised with unexpected delights and puzzling gaffes.

I once accidentally surprised one in Pembrokeshire: I was on my bicycle but it sprinted well ahead of me before scuttling under a hedge.

I remember once being surprised to find the word in Jane Austen, but the OED's first citation actually comes from as far back as 1496.

Mr. Levin, who announced yesterday that he would leave the combined company, has once again surprised skeptics who predicted his downfall many times in his career.