Sentence examples for won a surprise from inspiring English sources

First they won a surprise majority.

Mr Zapatero won a surprise victory.

The president, Mwai Kibaki, says he won a surprise re-election last month.

Iowa surpriseJohn Kerry won a surprise victory in the Iowa caucuses.

Having returned to training, they won a surprise bronze medal at last month's European Championships.

Bryan Clay of the United States won a surprise silver medal in the decathlon.

Winding Refn said his was Drive, for which he won a surprise best director here in 2011.

That same year a brash former mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, won a surprise victory in Iran's presidential elections.

On Saturday night in London, David Boudia won a surprise gold in the men's 10-meter platform.

Bragg had just won a surprise victory against the Union Army of the Cumberland and its commander, Maj.

The tactic worked, and John Howard won a surprise victory.Yet replicating this success in Britain may be hard.