How to Use unsurprised in a Sentence

unsurprised

adjective
  • The boy and his aunt seemed unsurprised.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Their friends were thrilled for them, and thoroughly unsurprised.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • Roy was wounded, if unsurprised.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The group seemed unsurprised by the decision.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • As a scientist, Cobb said, she was unsurprised by the results.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • So once the initial shock cooled down, many policy wonks were unsurprised or even mildly relieved.
    — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 24 May 2018
  • All the turmoil around Aduhelm had some analysts unsurprised that rumors of a takeover are swirling.
    — Pranshu Verma, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • But while Rowling’s tweets are appalling and hateful, most trans people were unsurprised by them.
    — refinery29.com, 8 June 2020
  • Right now Black people in America feel let down, but unsurprised.
    — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Mare watches them from a distance, her gaze sympathetic but unsurprised.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2021
  • But there’s one person who is completely unsurprised by all of this, and who reckons there will be yet more revelations.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Because of this, Nathaniel Scherer, co-lead author of the study, said he was unsurprised by the numbers.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Others said they were unsurprised at the company’s ultimate fate.
    — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Ed Jones, 71, looked unsurprised when told that Pearson had lobbied on his behalf.
    — Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Trump’s capture of the GOP shocked most, but Kabaservice was unsurprised.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
  • He’s devastated, but calm and unsurprised.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • As for the quarterback of the present, well, the Eagles remain unsurprised by his ability to weather any storm.
    — Howard Megdal, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Back in the parking lot of the funeral home, Daniel’s family reflected on his last act, and were unsurprised.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The night of the shooting, residents seemed unsurprised by the gunshots and fatality.
    — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Graham interjects, seemingly unsurprised about her son sharing his feelings in the song.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Ruth seems unsurprised to find her own creation confronting her, and the two sip (or slurp) tea as Barbie laments the confusing prospects of the real world.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 July 2023
  • The Giants just nodded their heads, observing the mayhem unsurprised.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Current and former employees were unsurprised by the news, saying that Oneal and Ybarra had seemed to be groomed to be next in line.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The old war horse has certainly been slogging through the American way of governing long enough to be unsurprised by its halting pace.
    — D.j. Tice, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • Imagine coming out of a shooting at your high school, a place that is supposed to be a safe place for learning, and feeling terrified but somehow unsurprised.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 18 May 2018
  • Both Erickson and Russell were unsurprised to learn that the number of hate crimes had risen faster in states with conservative laws.
    — John D. Harden, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • La Rue is unsurprised that genre-fluidity has become a defining factor in what their audience looks for from their music.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Told that her prize money for reaching the final of women’s doubles would be roughly quadruple her haul for reaching the mixed doubles final, Melichar was unsurprised.
    — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • Having been raised in the suburbs, Pizzuro was unsurprised that young people flock to the Towson Town Center.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This is what global warming looks like While scientists say the records are alarming, most are unsurprised – though frustrated their warnings have been mostly ignored for decades.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 8 July 2023

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