How to use "surprise" in a sentence

This didn't surprise me at all

"I have a little surprise for you, Professor."

There were about two thousand people waiting for us at San Francisco airport when we got off the plane! What a surprise! A lot of them had beards and long hair

'A loss?' I asked in surprise

'Me!' cried Mr Slinkton in surprise

Mr Slinkton looked at this man in surprise.

Valjean raised his head with surprise

When Javert stared at him, speechless with surprise, Valjean went on, I don't suppose I'll leave here alive

"You know, the surprise at the end of the story, the thing you don't expect." Eleanor smiles and takes a drink

Gran looked down at the strange gift, and to Sala's surprise, her face went deathly pale

To her surprise, Gran wasn't in the kitchen preparing their meal as usual

If they can't surprise you, it's harder for them to control you.

To my surprise, Mrs Van Hopper agreed with him

To my surprise, I found that Maxim had nearly finished his breakfast.

A servant stared at me in surprise

Maxim looked down at me, smiling at the surprise on my face.

'It is a surprise, isn't it?' he said

To my surprise it opened and I went inside.

I shall keep it as a surprise.'

To my surprise, it was Mrs Danvers

'I wanted to surprise him

'You will both have the surprise of your lives.'

To my surprise, Rebecca was alone

To my surprise, the room was dusty and untidy

To my surprise, Mrs Danvers was there too, with Favell beside her

Does it surprise you that I am shocked?'

We were taken by surprise when Frith brought the magistrate into the library.

A flickering, nervous scowl played across her face, alternating with a tentative smile that appeared when the audience laughed, applauded, or gasped in surprise.

She threw her arms around him and, much to her surprise began to cry with happiness

It was no surprise that women players tipped him more often and more generously than did men.

He blinked in surprise

His expression of surprise slowly settled into a frown.

To his surprise, her fear rapidly changed to desire

The big man cried out in surprise and pain, temporarily blinded

To her surprise, through the fish-eye lens, she saw Elliot on the stoop.

Pretending surprise, Tina said, "You don't mean Mr

He gasped in surprise as he realized he was being squirted.

At the request of its casino manager, every hotel held a handful of rooms off the market, just in case a few regular customers - high rollers, of course - showed up by surprise, with no advance notice, but with fat bankrolls and no place to stay

She felt a peculiar pulling sensation that seemed to come from within her hand, and she stiffened in surprise.

She looked around, waiting for some sign from her child, and she and Elliot twitched in surprise when the overhead fluorescent tube winked off, then came on again

You're in for a surprise."

I looked at my friend in surprise

'Watson!' he said, 'I know the names of Openshaw's enemies! And now I'm going to send them a surprise! This will frighten them!' He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope

'Do you know,' said Griselda, 'I could have married a politician, a lord, a rich businessman, but instead I chose you? Didn't that surprise you?'

But to my surprise, she continued along to the end of the passage, then up a narrow staircase and into a large dark room under the roof

I gave a cry of surprise

For a moment he lay in surprise

For a long time my brother stared out of the window in total surprise, watching the policeman banging at door after door

People there were standing on the pavement, looking in surprise at the growing crowds of refugees

It seems to me that they have lost a great advantage in the failure of their first surprise

As I stood there, imagine my surprise, Mr Holmes, when the door suddenly opened and my wife walked out!

She turned around to us, and I gave a cry of surprise and horror

'Okay; now all is over, and don't let's argue about it.' 'Was it you who arranged the coup, I wonder? Just because of your sister? It wouldn't surprise me.'

I turned around quickly in fear and surprise

I looked at her in surprise and was about to ask her more, but just then I saw a carriage

First I noticed that she was dark, then that she was young, and finally (to my great surprise) that she was rather ugly! She had a large, strong masculine jaw

'Really?' said the Count in surprise

'Did you say that the parish clerk before you was called Catherick?' I asked in surprise.

What a nice surprise! Come and sit in the patio."