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Sentences starting with surprise

Surprise is the very essence of successful war. [11]
Surprise Valley was only a little niche in the wide world whence blew that burdened wind. [13]
Surprise and shock must be avoided. [11]
Surprise Valley had enchanted him. [13]
Surprise Valley, like a valley of dreams, lay mystically soft and beautiful, awakening to the golden flood which was rolling away its slumberous bands of mist, brightening its walled faces. [13]

Sentences ending with surprise

I will give your Excellency one more surprise. [9]
Mrs. Maturin herself, who had been moved and excited as she gazed at Janet, was taken by surprise. [9]
The Sellers family were just starting to dinner when Washington burst upon them with his surprise. [5]
Many sick persons were borne to the temple in the hope of cure; so Dion's appearance would cause no special surprise. [10]
His first sensation was surprise. [9]
Unfortunately, its character was such that Wolf scarcely ventured to hope for the full success of the surprise. [10]
Mademoiselle Bourienne, who was in the drawing room, looked at Princess Mary in bewildered surprise. [2]
She welcomed him very cordially, but colored as she did so,--his visit was a surprise. [6]
These, and Colonel Varney, had seen to it that men who had any parliamentary ability had been attended to; all save Krebs, who had proved a surprise. [9]
A person not used to pugilistic gestures does not instantly recover from this surprise. [6]

Short sentences using surprise

Now what is the surprise? [9]
This is a surprise. [8]
Here was another surprise. [5]
That is a surprise. [11]
Wolf listened in surprise. [10]
What a happy surprise! [10]
This was a pleasant surprise. [5]
Edward showed a mild surprise. [9]
Our company stared in surprise. [9]
The doctor turned in surprise. [11]

Sentences containing surprise two or more times

She said she would finish them in the morning, and then her little French friend would arrive from New York--the surprise would follow; the surprise she had been working over for days. [5]
That Dilworthy had the effrontery to offer such a resolution will surprise no one, and that the Senate could entertain it without blushing and pass it without shame will surprise no one. [5]
If the pause is too short the impressive point is passed, and the audience have had time to divine that a surprise is intended--and then you can't surprise them, of course. [5]
If the pause is too short the impressive point is passed, and [and if too long] the audience have had time to divine that a surprise is intended--and then you can't surprise them, of course. [5]
The old captain's impatience turned to surprise, his surprise became wrath. [10]

More example sentences with the word surprise in them

I therefore beg you to make allowance for the circumstances in which I have been by surprise brought before you. [7]
There is nothing you could do to surprise me. [9]
I could surprise you about him--and there isn't any reason why I should keep the thing to myself. [11]
When Mr. Isaac Worthington arrived at Mr. Duncan's house, where he was staying, at three o'clock in the morning, he saw to his surprise light from the library windows lying in bars across the lawn under the trees. [9]
Nor was it without great surprise and much speculation on Quilp's probable motives, nor without many bitter comments on Dick Swiveller's folly, that his friend received the tale. [12]
You--" Abruptly and with surprise she withdrew her hand, and, without any visible emotion save a quicker pulsation of her breast, which might have been indignation, spoke. [11]
The officers gazed with surprise at Pierre's huge stout figure and listened to his talk of Moscow and the position of our army, round which he had ridden. [2]
Jane greeted him with surprise and warmth, set meat and bread and drink before him; and called Lassiter out to see him. [13]
Timokhin, armed only with a sword, had rushed at the enemy with such a desperate cry and such mad, drunken determination that, taken by surprise, the French had thrown down their muskets and run. [2]
He greeted me with a look that was not wholly surprise at my early return, that seemed to have in it something of gladness. [9]
What desecrating hand will ever banish that eloquent unfinished surprise from that place? [5]
Shorter," said Honora, whose surprise had given place to a very natural resentment, since she had not the honour of knowing Mrs. Grainger. [9]
It was he, who led the way for the Spaniards with the standard on his head, when they waded through the sea that stormy night, to surprise Zierikzee. [10]
Who could tell whether her surprise, instead of pleasing him, might not rouse his anger? [10]
One bright morning, when Nick and I were playing cards, we heard some one mounting the stairs, and to my surprise and embarrassment I beheld Monsieur de St. Gre emerging on the gallery. [9]
All those that were present had been well drilled within the hour to remember that the prince was temporarily out of his head, and to be careful to show no surprise at his vagaries. [5]
Anger and surprise were depicted on his countenance, which was usually so happy. [10]
Yes, these people were arranging a little surprise party for us. [5]
You remember perfectly well what a stir it made; you remember perfectly well that even the Charleston Courier stigmatized the act as being unpleasant, of questionable propriety, and scarcely justifiable, and likewise that it would not be matter of surprise if retaliation ensued. [5]
We thought it well to have a strong friend, and therefore we brought the foreman of the Wide West to our cabin that night and revealed the great surprise to him. [5]
It had so well deserved to live that its death was a surprise and a source of regret. [6]
But after that we was all right again--it was the sudden surprise of it that knocked us so kind of cold. [5]
The first sentence was, however, a surprise to every one, and not the least to his own party, excepting Lord Faramond. [11]
Although her face was wonderfully composed, it was apparent that she was wholly taken by surprise, and that what she had expected to be taxed with, in connection with her small servant, was something very different from this. [12]
The storm center was still beyond Surprise Valley. [13]
Mr. Price, however, was one of an adaptable nature, and by the time he had pulled up beside Jethro he had recovered sufficiently to make a few remarks on farming subjects, and finally to express a polite surprise at Jethro's return. [9]
All this emotion was in the nature of a surprise to the young man. [6]
But how great was his surprise, upon opening his door one morning, some days later, to find the grateful poodle patiently waiting there, and in its company another stray dog, one of whose legs, by some accident, had been broken. [5]
When her message was brought to him, his brows twitched with surprise and perplexity. [11]
As usual, she was beyond him; and despite her exclamations of surprise, of appreciation and pleasure she maintained the outward poise, the inscrutability that summed up for him her uniqueness in the world of woman. [9]
If Mrs. Scherer was a surprise to us, her husband was a still greater one; and I had difficulty in recognizing the Adolf Scherer who came to our dinner party as the personage of the business world before whom lesser men were wont to cringe. [9]
Next day there was a surprise for Jack Halliday. [5]
His taking off was a prodigious surprise, and his death has been most widely and sincerely regretted. [5]
It caused a visible stir of surprise, it being brand new and a sumptuous article of deal. [5]
They have been very quiet as yet, because they mean to surprise you. [12]
The world is very complacent, and apparently worships success and votes for smartness, but it would surprise some of our most successful men to know what a real respect there is in the community, after all, for downright integrity. [4]
When Jean Jacques used it, the Young Doctor sat up and leaned forward eagerly, while a light came into his face-a light of surprise, of revelation and understanding. [11]
There is to us something pathetic in this and in the surprise of the English critic, that there can be any standard of respectable achievement outside of a seven-miles radius turning on Charing Cross. [4]
To some of us at Brandon, Margaret's letter was scarcely a surprise, though it emphasized a divergence we had been conscious of. [4]
Now we come upon some more McClintockian surprise--a sweetheart who is sprung upon us without any preparation, along with a name for her which is even a little more of a surprise than she herself is. [5]
The legate turned upon him in surprise. [10]
I waked him up, and I reckoned it was going to be a grand surprise to him to see me again, but it warn't. [5]
The footmen looked up with surprise as she came up the steps, and their eyes followed her as she ascended the staircase with marked deliberation. [11]
Finally Noel came up out of his thinkings and said: "The first shall be last and the last first--there's authority for this surprise. [5]
Mr. Engel picked up one of the books as it lay on the counter, and as he read the title his face betrayed a slight surprise. [9]
I just spoke up in a quite natural way of pleasing surprise, and not as if I was dreaming of conveying information, and said, "Well, I do declare, if there isn't the dodo! [5]
Elizabeth looked him up and down, then affected surprise. [11]
And when the two thousand dollars come, Tom give half of it to me, and never told anybody so, which didn't surprise me, because I knowed him. [5]
She experienced a twinge of surprise at the discovery that other people in the world, in Hampton, were still leading tranquil, untormented existences. [9]
When Heinz again turned to Biberli he said in a hollow tone: "If the earth should swallow up Nuremberg tonight it would not surprise me. [10]
When she had turned down West Street and almost gained the canal, it was with a shock of surprise that she found herself confronted by a man in a long cape who held a rifle and barred her path. [9]
Those who had traveled and seen the ostentation of cities smiled a superior smile at the curiosity and wonder exhibited, but even those who had never seen the like were cautious about letting their surprise appear. [4]
To pursue this train of thought was beyond the endurance of the faithful friend, and Dion turned in surprise as he heard him sob and saw the tears which bedewed his face. [10]
Joan intruded and took them by surprise. [5]
This was a tongue of land stretched like a finger into the sea, on whose point stood a little palace which Cleopatra, incited by a chance remark of Antony, had had built there to surprise him. [10]
Maria sometimes listened to the young lady in surprise, and there was something in Georg's manner that vexed her. [10]
He declined both, to the lasting astonishment, yet personal joy, of the Cure and the Avocat; but, as time went on, not so much to the surprise of the Little Chemist and Medallion. [11]
And he refused to take any pay for it, in a sort of surprise that such a simple act of hospitality should have any commercial value. [4]
I am going to surprise my reader with a letter which I received very shortly after the conversation took place which I have just reported. [6]
But it need to surprise even the Colonel when he read it, it was embellished to that degree that he hardly recognized it, and the hint was not lost on him. [5]
It was fine to see the faces light up with the pleased wonder and surprise of it. [5]
It was good to see the Bailly's surprise. [5]
Do you mean to say she did not show any surprise? [5]
His surprise deepened to perplexity at the warmth of the handclasp that followed. [9]
The Correspondent, much to our surprise, had by occasional interjections at the beginning of the discussion showed that he was not antipathetic to Mongolian immigration. [11]
But she, somewhat to my surprise, declined also, and it was finally filled by a young woman from Asquith. [9]
It is hard to keep from dwelling upon them, though; for it is difficult to get away from the surprise of it. [5]
I was comin' to join you in Surprise Valley. [13]
He found himself, to his surprise, surveying with equanimity the pile of books in the corner which had led him to the conviction of the emptiness of the universe--but the universe was no longer empty! [9]
Lord Rippingdale suggested to his Majesty that one of the gentlemen should ride ahead to guard against surprise or ambush, but the King laughed, and said that his shire of Lincoln bred no brigands, and he rode on. [11]
He even figured to himself with what surprise Guida would greet his announcement that she was henceforth Princesse Guida d'Avranche, and in due time would be her serene highness the Duchesse de Bercy. [11]
And it seemed to him that the face of the clerk betrayed surprise. [9]
Princess Mary noticed to her surprise that during this illness the old prince not only excluded her from his room, but did not admit Mademoiselle Bourienne either. [2]
He went up to her in great surprise, but ere he could utter the first words she clutched his arm, whispering: "I am going, Hannibal. [10]
I wish you to go over with me to The Poplars, and I should be glad to have good old Father Pemberton go with us; for it is a serious matter, and will be a great surprise to more than one of the family. [6]
The letter seemed to get him in the vitals," said John Grier with surprise. [11]
Then he set to deliberate thinking, and there came to him the startling conviction that he must leave Surprise Valley and take Bess with him. [13]
But as the time went on, he manifested some anxiety and surprise, glancing at the clock more frequently and at the window less hopefully than before. [12]
It was not till long after that I learned with surprise that he is a rodent mammal, of the species Arctomys monax, is called at the West a ground-hog, and is eaten by people of color with great relish. [4]
From whichever way this vast white hotel establishment is approached, it is always a surprise. [4]
Wolf listened to this statement in surprise, and then told the messenger that he would obey her Majesty's command. [10]
Bent-Anat well knew this gesture of her father's; it was the omen of some kindly, often sportive suggestion, such as he loved to surprise his friends with. [10]
Dr. Mathys regretted this for the sake of the beautiful neglected creature, who had won his sympathy, but it did not surprise him, for duty after duty now filled every hour of Charles's day. [10]
The influence of this eulogy was doubled by a tender glance from her bright eyes, and the Spaniard promised to do everything in his power to secure the success of her beautiful surprise. [10]
I did not think of the applause that greeted me, the murmurs of surprise, approbation, questioning, rising round me. [11]
He began to think of improving Surprise Valley as a place to live in, for there was no telling how long they would be compelled to stay there. [13]
We all do things both awake and asleep which surprise us. [6]
Another thing: if they were a small party, they would probably seek to surprise us by coming out of the cane into the creek bed above the bend, and stalk down the creek. [9]
As a rule they seem drunk with health, and with the surprise of it, the wonder of it, the unspeakable glory and splendour of it, after a long sober spell spent in inventing imaginary diseases and concreting them with doctor-stuff. [5]
As a rule they seem drunk with health, and with the surprise of it, the wonder of it, the unspeakable glory and splendor of it, after a long, sober spell spent in inventing imaginary diseases and concreting them with doctor-stuff. [5]
Here and there they burst out in sudden conflagrations of vivid yellow against a background of sober or sombre color, with a so startling effect as to make a body catch his breath with the happy surprise of it. [5]
As a rule they are pretty far-fetched, but that is not an important matter; they surprise, they compel admiration, and I notice by some of the comments which his efforts have called forth that they deceive the unwary. [5]
Few saw, and these gave no indication of surprise, though they were little used to strangers, and none of the name borne by this lady had entered the building for many years. [11]
I was not, therefore, wholly taken by surprise when he said to me one night: "I am resolved to try my fortune in America, lad. [9]
Thirty-six years before there had been a town-meeting in Coniston and a surprise. [9]
This subject of the wrongs of the colonies was the only one I could ever be got to study at King William's School, and I believe that my intimate knowledge of it gave the captain a surprise. [9]
As I took the volume from her and sat down Maude shot at me a swift look of surprise. [9]
To her surprise, the usually tolerant Susan did not wholly approve of Mr. Spence. [9]
To everybody's surprise, the unselfish monopolist immediately reduced the price of spectacles to such a degree that a great and crushing burden was removed from the nation. [5]
Whatever inward tremors the surprise of this visit had given her, she looked at him clearly and steadily, completely mistress of herself, as ever. [9]

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