Words similar to surprise

Example sentences for: surprise

How can you use “surprise” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The sheer steepness of the wall’s stone stairs and the precarious footing provided by the irregular treads are what most surprise first-time visitors.
And yet, to our surprise, for certain kinds of political searches Ask Jeeves fared rather well.
Amid republican agitation, a surprise uprising led by elements within the armed forces deposed Manuel in 1910.
No surprise that he turns out to have been far away and says he was only "speculating."
I was down the road at MIT, finishing with a co-author a book titled Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy . But it would surprise me if the Harvard audience were unwilling to accept the notion of increasing returns, as Cassidy says.