How to Use come as a (complete/total) surprise in a Sentence
come as a (complete/total) surprise
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This shouldn't come as a surprise—the last two years were the hottest on record.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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This may come as a surprise, but some of us are tapped out this time of year.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the charms of a bed skirt are many.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
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But there’s a third source that many in the South are using that may come as a surprise.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
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The 1920 loss didn’t come as a surprise to Debs, who had run four times before.
—Anna Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020
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Yet the fact his emotions can boil over should not come as a surprise.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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The ending will not have come as a surprise to either side.
—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 May 2023
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This shouldn’t come as a surprise — or be cause for concern.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
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The tepid response shouldn’t come as a surprise to Coleman.
—al, 25 Jan. 2023
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An outbreak—even one this big—should not have come as a surprise.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
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Or did this level of success come as a surprise to you?
—Kyle-Brandon Denis, Billboard, 19 July 2023
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Major Shift The shift in investors' minds does not come as a surprise now.
—Dennis Ledenkof, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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But Putin’s choice should hardly have come as a surprise.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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The country’s success should not have come as a surprise.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
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So nothing with the Warriors should come as a surprise.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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That the game turned into a nail-biter in the final five minutes shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
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Bisaccio said the 3-point shooting did not come as a surprise.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
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One of the most lethal hazards in a winter landscape might come as a surprise: rain.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
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The film’s visual stylishness shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
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The inclusion of Taaffe in the Senior Day program may have come as a surprise to some.
—Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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That the show is happening at all may come as a surprise, since the Cedar has not been open to the public since last March.
—Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
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Bensimon adds that her choice may come as a surprise to many.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
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This might come as a surprise to Travis' mom, Donna Kelce, who expected to watch from the stands.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2024
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This shouldn’t come as a surprise for those who picked up on a major clue in the Season 3 finale.
—Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 23 July 2024
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The decision to move the teen’s case from juvenile to adult court seemed to come as a surprise to the teen’s attorney and the judge.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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But his moral clarity might come as a surprise to any gay people who lived through the 1980s.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
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The findings likely won’t come as a surprise to cat owners.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
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The lack of co-worker support might also come as a surprise.
—Dawn Szymanski, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2025
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The high number of Latine horror fans shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
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Maybe none of it should have come as a surprise given that the Bruins showed up here loose and ready to master the moment.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
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