Sentence examples for surprise the reader from inspiring English sources

You might surprise the reader by opening your essay with a line of dialogue.

By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.

It might surprise the reader to discover that ideas for a basic income come from figures on the right too, including the libertarian economist Friedrich Hayek.

Paul Durcan, (born Oct. 16, 1944, Dublin, Ire)., Irish poet whose work displays a desire to surprise the reader by resorting to surrealist eccentricity.

The book is full of good cheer, New Yorkiness and an "I knew it!" ending like that of  P.D. Eastman's "Are You My Mother?" It doesn't really surprise the reader, but makes him feel wiser nonetheless.

Roberta Beach Jacobson Karpathos, Greece I think the goal of any kind of writing is to surprise the reader, and the problem with longer humor pieces is that the reader tends to figure out what's coming next.

This probably won't surprise the readers of Mr. Milloy's column for Foxnews.com or his blog, JunkScience.com, where he disputes the science behind global warming.

That the books are this dependent on the Master is no surprise; what will surprise the adult reader is that they are so tediously told.

But there are two facts about Dandolo that are likely to surprise the modern reader.

Nevertheless, book sales are continuing to increase at a steady 6% per annum and stood at £2.4 billion in 2003 – a figure that might surprise the casual reader.

This will not surprise the many readers who complain to me that the paper lets too many of its sources hide from public view.