Surprises
[sə'praiziz]
Examples
- They have the strangest knack of startling you with unpleasant surprises. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My tone surprises you--ha? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Have you any more surprises in store? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It surprises me sometimes to think how much we do know and how intelligent we are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With these he was able to intrench his men and protect them against surprises by small parties of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It surprises me to find that I can recall it, for it seemed to make no impression on me as it passed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I always keep my conscience as tight shut up as a jack-in-a-box, for when it jumps into existence it surprises me by its size. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We have all heard of great surprises of joy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I have learned, he went on slowly--I have learned a circumstance which surprises me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One cannot foretell the surprises or disappointments the future has in store. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many surprises were awaiting him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Inputed by Kari