Sentence examples for surprise without from inspiring English sources

Its delayed start is a big surprise, without a doubt.

"You aren't meant to issue such a harsh statement by surprise, without prior consultation".

"We believe that North Korea could launch grave provocations by surprise – without pre-warning – from now on".

It was always a surprise: without a sense of having climbed much, you suddenly found yourself startlingly high, miles above the sunlit valley with its tiny villages.

The menu is suddenly restricted to three choices: duck with orange, duck with cherries or duck surprise (without oranges or cherries).

Serbia's divided democratic opposition, most of which already boycotts the Parliament and thus did not vote against the changes, seemed caught by surprise, without a clear candidate to run against Mr. Milosevic.

The story dishes out action and surprises without losing its political intent.

And it's difficult to see how we could disable the network's facility for generating unpleasant surprises without also disabling the other forms of creativity it engenders.

Two Americans crossing Thursday at San Ysidro who were surprised without passports were James Camrey and Tyler Winslow, both former marines who said they had partied until dawn in Tijuana.

Jonson's plots are skillfully put together; incident develops out of incident in a consistent chain of cause and effect, taking into account the respective natures of the personages involved and proceeding confidently through a twisting, turning action that is full of surprises without relying on coincidence or chance.

He had a way of telling people they were going to be surprised without telling them what it was".