Sentence examples for surprise by from inspiring English sources

"Everybody was taken by surprise by the president's comments.

Line by line, note by note, surprise by surprise.

American officials were caught by surprise by the Russian announcement.

Some scientists privately admit they were caught by surprise by the slackening pace of warming.

This wasn't a surprise by any means, but it still managed to jostle me a bit.

Mr. Moreau's administration took the state by surprise by declaring fiscal insolvency last May.

Governors and state lawmakers were caught largely by surprise by the House's removal of the appropriation.

That stunt has been rated TV's greatest surprise by the Paley Center for Media.

Caught by surprise by the Arab revolts — as pretty much everyone was — Turkey staggered.

Now you can totally ruin the surprise by leaving it under the tree wrapped in this.

Labour's surprise by-election setback is part of a pattern.