"surprise" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For state employees, who go months without pay and often steal Government property or resort to bribery, the counterfeit scheme provoked little surprise.
- Mr. Snow also provoked surprise in the financial markets by asserting, in the same interview, that he expected interest rates to rise.
- It provoked surprise and confusion on the men's faces, but Cailech's tone suggested it would be imprudent to argue.
- The sight of an oil tanker ablaze provoked little surprise along the Texas coast, where many people have struck a bargain with industries that can bring both wealth and danger.
- He did complete one poem, the first of his tutorial exercises, on which he spent comparable time, and which provoked surprise and applause.
- A Glum Response Mr. Seidman's admission provoked little surprise from at least one private financial consultant.
- That usually provoked surprise that any father would bother teaching such subjects to a girl.
- The news that Superman is about to die has provoked anger and surprise, much of it from people who haven't read his comic book adventures in decades.
- Muammar Qaddafi's march forward following his avowed acceptance of a United Nations-mandated ceasefire provoked surprise in much of the civilized world.
- This fake demonstration of psychokinesis is intended to provoke surprise and merriment.
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