Surprised

Examples

• She had been surprised at first, because she had not thought Edmund a marrying man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was rather surprised at Dr. Donaldson's early visit, and perplexed by the anxious faces of husband and child. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• More than once I have surprised her in tears. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I should not be surprised, said Darcy, if he were to give it up as soon as any eligible purchase offers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Tom looked surprised, and rather hurt, and said, I never drink, Mas'r. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But you can imagine how surprised I was, Mr. Holmes, when, on my return on the Monday, I saw the same man on the same stretch of road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• What chiefly surprised Edmund was, that Crawford's sister, the friend and companion who had been so much to her, should not be more visibly regretted. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• However, I am not surprised. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If you know anything of the ways of young women, you won't be surprised to hear that Penelope wouldn't take it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He seemed surprised--very inconsistently so, as he had just told me to go. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Really surprised, my dear Miss Summerson? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Please start it, Mr. Brooke, said Kate, with a commanding air, which surprised Meg, who treated the tutor with as much respect as any other gentleman. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Cornelia Van Alstyne was so surprised: she had heard that you were to marry young Gryce. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His appearance, different from any I had ever before seen, and his flight, somewhat surprised me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I certainly was rather struck and surprised with her manner that dayits womanliness made me smile. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You looked surprised to-day when you heard him tell me that I had made a virtue of necessity in marrying him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They were, he rejoined, surprised at her insistence. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In the other case they will be very much surprised, and they will hesitate. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But he had started round, surprised and startled that she should ask him to look in her bag, which she always kept so VERY private to herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• With such precautions we cannot very well be surprised. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Our acquaintance looked surprised, and then, glancing down, he began to laugh. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am surprised to find him a meeker man than I had thought, and less imposing in appearance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr. Browlow was no less surprised, although his astonishment was not expressed in the same eccentric manner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes, the actual facts are very plain, and I shall be surprised if by the afternoon I cannot give you the reasons for them as well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She surprised Elinor very much as they returned into the drawing-room, by asking her whether she did not like Mr. Palmer excessively. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I threw in a figure now and then that surprised those Russians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• You quite mistake me, Ladislaw, said Lydgate, surprised. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I ought not to have been surprised, I ought not to have been sorry, but I was surprised and sorry, nevertheless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Editor: Lora