Sentence examples for surprising note from inspiring English sources

It was this surprising note of surprise, this astonishment at the everyday that eventually unlocked my metaphor.

"We survived McCarthy," he said, suddenly, sounding a small, surprising note of optimism.

The program distributed at "L'Amore dei Tre Re" included a surprising note: "As management of the Amato Opera and members of the family, we truly regret being unable to prevent the closing, and we extend our apologies to all".

Marson's account, though, sounds a surprising note of black humour: he hid from Downie in an adjoining room, readying to defend himself with the nearest object to hand – the script for episode two of "Timelash".

Not only has he demonstrated his sci-fi chops with Lost and Super 8, he has demonstrated an ability to resuscitate fading franchises with the well-received Mission Impossible III and the critically acclaimed Star Trek reboot … On an even more surprising note, Deadline and The Wrap both report that Ben Affleck was also in the running for the job.

It even made CNN which, in a world where I just saw a Kohl's commercial rip off Rebecca Black, isn't that surprising (Note: I sat there dumbfounded while my stepmom didn't seem to notice anything was amiss, probably because she was lucky enough to have never seen the original "Friday").

Terry Hughes, a coral reef biologist at James Cook University and head of the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce, said the concerning results were not surprising – noting Hoegh-Guldberg had predicted similar results 17 years ago.

"Modern Family" delivers a sharply satiric view of middle class parenting, but leavens it with surprising notes of insight and even sweetness.

A message based around self-help is woolly enough not to scare away the unconvinced, and it also introduces surprising notes of genuine inquiry: "I  wish everyone would stop telling me to pray," says the mother in Letters.

Just as controversial are efforts to sell off a vast public acreage to the private sector, though the latest proposals mostly involve Forest Service land, which falls under the Department of Agriculture.Mr Kempthorne's interest in the job is a bit surprising, notes Steven Hayward of the American Enterprise Institute.

He also says the results aren't surprising, noting that the U.K.'s startup community is "international" in outlook and composition.