How to Use unsurprising in a Sentence

unsurprising

adjective
  • With any other shoe, the style mind-meld might have been unsurprising.
    — Samuel Hine, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The takeover was a stunning, if unsurprising, turn of events.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • That might be comforting to some, but makes for a rote, unsurprising film.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Many of the names were unsurprising, the subjects of years of rumor.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In an unsurprising turn of events, Oliver bought the jock strap.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 7 May 2018
  • That struck me as both a crying shame and wholly unsurprising.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That was unsurprising after the beef between the two last episode.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Still, struggles — in the outfield or at the plate — would be unsurprising.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The scope of this archive is unsurprising.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026
  • At this point, the approach is unsurprising to Kwan.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • These nods to the past are unsurprising for a series steeped in nostalgia.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • Also unsurprising was the fact that Meghan's fashion choice for the video was a hit as well.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 9 May 2021
  • And the research holds some important, if unsurprising, clues about how to do it.
    — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The most unsurprising media deal of the decade is almost upon us.
    — Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 12 May 2017
  • That most of those mentions were on Fox News is unsurprising.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Like a fairy tale, the final reveal feels somehow unsurprising, but still a shock.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • The new data, to him, is unsurprising and indicative of years of trends.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Such an attack is at once startling and unsurprising.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2026
  • In an unsurprising move, the justices declined to jump into the fray.
    — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Apr. 2018
  • With the Panthers off to an unsurprising bad start, that chip looks like a top-70 pick.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The surge in fighting is unsurprising.
    — Liam Karr, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
  • And in an incredibly unsurprising twist, the gun turns out to be empty.
    — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Larkin returned and gutted through it, unsurprising given what's at stake.
    — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The unsurprising move came three weeks after the team parted with Hunter Pence.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • According to the zoo owner, her escape was unsurprising to the zoo's staff.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In an unsurprising move, Mohamed Salah was also picked in the squad.
    — Hamza Hendawi, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • The study’s findings are unsurprising to those who research dolphins, per the Times.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
  • On the one hand, the selective outrage is unsurprising.
    — Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is unsurprising, as so much of consumers' lives and day-to-day functions have shifted to the digital world.
    — John Kim, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • This was a welcome, if unsurprising, announcement, but the real surprise was the lack of news about .
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Aug. 2021

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