Synonym: amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bewilder, dumbfound. Similar words: surprised, surprising, surprisingly, enterprise, free enterprise, comprise, usurp, rise. Meaning: [sər'praɪz /sə'p-] 
n. 1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you 2. a sudden unexpected event 3. the act of surprising someone. v. 1. cause to be surprised 2. come upon or take unawares 3. attack by storm; attack suddenly.
n. 1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you 2. a sudden unexpected event 3. the act of surprising someone. v. 1. cause to be surprised 2. come upon or take unawares 3. attack by storm; attack suddenly. 
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91. To my surprise, it turned out that I was wrong.
92. She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise.
93. She needed to control her surprise at the easy familiarity with which her host greeted the head waiter.
94. His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise.
95. Would it surprise you to know that I'm thinking of resigning?
96. The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request.
97. The rebels attempted a surprise raid on a military camp.
98. The band's sudden rise to fame took everyone by surprise.
99. She received something of a surprise when Robert said that he was coming to New York.
100. I received a nasty surprise in the shape of a letter from the taxman.
101. Please will everyone keep mum about Saturday. We want to give them a real surprise.
102. I started working hard for the first time in my life. To my surprise, I found I liked it.
103. Sally spun round, a feigned look of surprise on her face.
104. Your mother's in for a bit of a surprise when she gets home.
105. Much to her surprise he came back the next day.
106. The children thought of a clever ruse to get their mother to leave the house so they could get ready for her surprise.
107. To our surprise, the headmaster turned a blind eye to the bad behaviour of his pupils.
108. A surprise that he was unable to hide registered on his face.
109. It was no surprise when she left him-everyone knew he had it coming to him.
110. By firing a few shots we can surprise them into revealing their positions.
111. Johnson sprung a surprise by beating the favourite in the first round.
112. His eyes started out of his head in surprise when he saw she was still in the bed.
113. He expressed surprise that no one had offered to help.
114. 'You mean he's going to vote against her?' Scobie asked in surprise.
115. To his surprise he didn't feel too weak. Light-headed certainly, and with a sense of unreality, but able to walk.
116. The old man turned to give her a look of pure surprise.
117. The announcement took Washington and Paris by surprise,(Sentencedict.com ) but Downing Street had been expecting it.
118. Major's reply came as a complete surprise to the House of Commons.
119. Much to my surprise it had stopped raining by the time I wanted to go out.
120. 'I don't understand,' he said, with an expression of complete surprise .
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