It must have come as a terrible surprise when the story of the betrayal surfaced.
But working-class or middle-class, the people in these stories all suffer relentlessly from the same terrible surprise.
Poor Kaden: he was in for a terrible surprise this night.
But she was in for a terrible surprise.
She lay on her back, and the look on her face was one of terrible surprise.
"You really hurt me," he gasped rawly, terrible surprise in his voice.
That's not a terrible surprise, because most women don't realize how strong they could be, and they'd rather take aerobics classes anyway.
It was a terrible surprise when she came back in an ambulance yesterday.
The Yankees, despite their terrible surprise, have shown great spirit.
I couldn't have her, it was quite out of the question, and that I wanted her so much came as a terrible surprise.