Sentence examples for was rather surprised from inspiring English sources

So Schultz was rather surprised when her publisher reported a surprising recent sales bump.

I was rather surprised.

"I was rather surprised," he said.

"The man who sold it to us was rather surprised".

And one minister and I was rather surprised when he said it.

He was rather surprised that our performance went on for as long as it did!

"It's been gratifying to see our mayor so heroically defend the project, but I'm rather surprised -- or perhaps not surprised -- that we haven't heard from Times critic Nicolai Ourousoff on the matter," said Mark Lamster.

"I'm rather surprised that there is still antisemitism," he says.

Again, it said it wouldn't – a stance we were rather surprised by.

She admits some more junior prosecutors "were rather surprised when I rocked up".

I have no idea what I was cooking, but I'm rather surprised the kitchen is quite such a mess.