How to Use surprising in a Sentence

surprising

adjective
  • The changes to the campus were surprising.
  • It's not surprising that he doesn't want to go.
  • He shows a surprising lack of concern for others.
  • A surprising number of people were laid off at the factory.
  • And so that was surprising to me.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Love has a way of surprising you.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The news is not all that surprising.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • If that phrase strikes you as odd, that may not be surprising.
    — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Stay open; a surprising truth could set you free.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The study found a few surprising things.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Whether that’s true or not, the film is smart and surprising.
    — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The source of the call was surprising.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • At first glance, this may seem surprising.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • What was surprising about that process?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
  • That’s surprising, but that’s the game.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
  • That the court ruled for the coach is perhaps not surprising.
    — Jessica Gresko, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • The size of some of the rainbows stocked this year have been surprising.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • What price increase in your life has been most surprising or painful?
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The nine hosts left off the ballot were more surprising.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • For Edeme, none of this is surprising.
    — Susan Akyeampong, Allure, 27 May 2026
  • The whole concept of the video is so surprising.
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Both deaths feel surprising and inevitable at the same time.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The lengthy list is not surprising given my age, but yowza!
    — Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026
  • What was surprising was just how many of the bees called the cemetery home.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There are all these surprising choices in this way.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 19 May 2026
  • This was not surprising to Neal.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s why that’s not surprising.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But Knight said that this isn’t surprising.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The breakout at the plate isn’t all that surprising.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Bread can be a surprising source of sodium.
    — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026

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