by surprise in English

suddenly, unexpectedly, amazingly

Use "by surprise" in a sentence

1. Caught them by surprise.

2. His frankness took her by surprise.

3. The question took her by surprise.

4. His arrival caught me by surprise.

5. Her suggestion fairly took me by surprise.

6. The storm took us completely by surprise.

7. The enemy attack took us by surprise.

8. His sudden entrance took everyone by surprise.

9. Our raid took the enemy by surprise.

10. The police took the burglars by surprise.

11. His question took his two companions by surprise.

12. He was rooted to the spot by surprise.

13. Her sudden resignation took us all by surprise.

14. I think we caught Fire-wind by surprise.

15. He rolled towards Lily, taking her by surprise.

16. She suddenly changed tack, taking him by surprise.

17. The Allied landings took the Japanese by surprise.

18. Such cheery jobless numbers have taken everybody by surprise.

19. Sue was overcome by surprise when Peter walked in.

20. Ambushing: to lie in wait for and attack by surprise.

21. Ambushed: to lie in wait for and attack by surprise.

22. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward.

23. This whole matter of Spirit has taken us by surprise.

24. The doctor, taken by surprise , awkward and sheepish, knelt too.

25. Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise.

26. The revolutionaries' assumption of power took the army by surprise.

27. The band's sudden rise to fame took everyone by surprise.

28. The guerrillas were killed when army troops took them by surprise.

29. The coldness and distance in her voice took me by surprise.

30. She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise.

31. 16 The drop in inflation took every City commentator by surprise.

32. This winning streak caught a lot of chess players by surprise.

33. They were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.

34. 17 Those who heeded that warning were not taken by surprise.

35. The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.

36. White-out conditions take the penguins and the film crew by surprise.

37. But the vehemence and anger of this response take her by surprise.

38. A wolf leaped out of the bushes and took the hunter by surprise.

39. The Armies were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.

40. 12 The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.

41. + 9 Joshua came against them by surprise after marching all night long from Gilʹgal.

42. A large part of the population was reportedly taken by surprise by the storm.

43. The town was well defended so there was little chance of taking it by surprise.

44. 28 A wolf leaped out of the bushes and took the hunter by surprise.

45. The dizzying pace of political change in the country caught many people by surprise.

46. Some volcanoes simply ooze lava, which seldom moves fast enough to catch people by surprise.

47. October 22: China intervenes in Korea with 300,000 soldiers, catching the United Nations by surprise.

48. The suddenness and ferocity of the downpour had caught all three of them by surprise.

49. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise: The captain stationed an Ambush near the harbor.

50. The employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind.