Surprising

Examples

• By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The tea had a surprising effect in making him stupid; because it made him sober. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This perhaps was not altogether surprising. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is not surprising that so many political inventions have been made within these movements, fostered by them, and brought to a general public notice through their efforts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Knew him, and--more surprising still--FEARED him as well! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I tried to explain, it was so very simple, but the results were so surprising they made up their minds probably that they never would understand it--and they didn't. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hence it is not surprising that men have not recognized its full scope. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The pamphlet had a sudden and surprising effect. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• No third person, except her maid, could have any excuse for surprising us here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Please to begin surprising me, sir, as soon as you can. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I don't regret that I have not a strong will and an immense power of business detail to throw myself into objects with surprising ardour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• That was a falsehood, but then I was not going to let any man eclipse me on surprising adventures, merely for the want of a little invention. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There's nothing very surprising in the matter that I can see, said Caleb Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There was nothing very surprising in that; but again, I was rather surprised, when he said, as if he were animated by a brilliant idea,-- Let's go in! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The total is a surprising catalogue of industries for the young Clifton Director. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But this is not surprising, for we do not even know of what use they are. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is surprising how little narrow walls and a low ceiling matter, when the roof of the soul has suddenly been raised. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• A surprising spirit in this lonely woman after so many years of hard working, and hard living, my Lords and Gentlemen and Honourable Boards! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is surprising how many large enterprises and fortunes depend upon some few simple trade secrets the knowledge of which has baffled competition and crushed all rivalry. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When we took up the carpet last year, Mr. Jennings, we found a surprising quantity of pins. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well, said she, this is--most surprising--most painful--most extraordinary--what will Papa say? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The herrings had been kept in an open vessel exposed to the air ever since the day they were put into the liquid, and therefore it was not surprising that they had lost their flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She had seen him handle tools that he had borrowed to mend the mangle, or to knock a broken piece of furniture together, in a surprising manner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Imagination can figure nothing so grand, so surprising, and so astonishing! Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Now it is obvious, that every thing useful, beautiful or surprising, agrees in producing a separate pleasure and agrees in nothing else. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Some surprising uses are found for adding machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This greater variability in mongrels than in hybrids does not seem at all surprising. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Against such opposition it was not surprising that the bill failed of passage that year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The approach _now_, is one of the finest things in the country: you see the house in the most surprising manner. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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