Sentence examples for won a surprising from inspiring English sources

Mr. Davlin, a Democrat, won a surprising victory in his first run for office eight years ago and was easily re-elected four years later.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the bronze medal, his third Olympic medal here, and his lesser-known countryman Kjetil Jansrud won a surprising silver medal.

But on September 14th, his Republican primary opponent, the tea-party backed Christine O'Donnell, won a surprising 53% of the vote.

See articleThe Scottish National Party, which advocates Scotland's secession from the United Kingdom, won a surprising majority of seats in elections to the Scottish Parliament.

Simon Shaw has won a surprising amount of possession at the lineout but he is not in the team for his attacking leaps.

The last time a team spent so little on salary was in 2006, when the Marlins spent just $15 million but won a surprising seventy-eight games and remained in playoff contention for much of the season.

Although he did not win the contest, he stunned spectators of the race by winning a surprising 42.2 percent of the vote to Johnson's 49.4 percent.

In the most recent UK election, 66percentt of 18-to-24-year-olds 18-to-24-year-olds 18-to-24-year-olds 18-to-24-year-olds 18-to-24-year-oldssurprising number of seats.

Pernille Blume won a very surprising gold in 50m freestyle, which several of our other medallists have since claimed was a massive inspiration for their performances.

In 1970, she won a medal for surprising a burglar ( Mog the Forgetful Cat ), by chance.

Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in an American court with conspiring in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, won a pair of surprising legal victories, acting as his own lawyer.