Sentence examples for over surprising from inspiring English sources

When he was told that the reporter was sitting next to a senior Republican aide, Mr. Emanuel insisted the phone be handed over, surprising the staffer.

The Yankees took a slim lead over surprising Seattle in the wild-card race.

Before this weekend's games, Paris St.-Germain held a one-point lead over surprising Montpellier in Ligue 1.

While many analysts said the selloff was not severe, just a matter of trimming exuberant expectations, the concerns about slowing earnings growth quickly spread to the broader stock market, dragging all the major indexes down after a monthlong record-breaking run and sobering investors who had been rejoicing over surprising early-year gains.

Even with an increase in pet adoptions, both Burbank and Pasadena animal shelters encourage gift certificates for pets over surprising people with animals they didn't choose themselves or anticipate receiving.

It was just a week ago that the Knicks, a little bit giddy over their surprising and hard-fought victory over the Nets, admitted that they were scanning the standings to see who was ahead of them in the race for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

It is gratifying just to pore over this continually surprising topography.

POA is extremely difficult to find over here – not surprising given that the brewery in Horndean, Hampshire closed in 2006.

Then the contractor agreed to turn over his gun — surprising agents, who had not realized that he was armed during his encounter with Obama.

And while their supporters may come from all over, a surprising number of their players are home-grown.

The reader lingers over the surprising spellings-out, lipping the words into sound until the joke gels.