How to Use unsurprising in a Sentence

unsurprising

adjective
  • The band has continued the gesture on the road, and in L.A. got an unsurprising cheer from the crowd.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Many of the names were unsurprising, the subjects of years of rumor.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • With the Panthers off to an unsurprising bad start, that chip looks like a top-70 pick.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The takeover was a stunning, if unsurprising, turn of events.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • And so in an unsurprising end to her sad life, Mary Elaine Botts died Nov. 18 of a drug overdose.
    Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Also unsurprising was the fact that Meghan's fashion choice for the video was a hit as well.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 9 May 2021
  • And, in a perhaps unsurprising turn, both cities happen to be two of the wealthiest in the Lone Star State.
    Michael Murney, Chron, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The co-opting of NFTs by big tech platforms is, in some way, unsurprising.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The whole thing is sort of like strangely unsurprising.
    The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2020
  • That was unsurprising after the beef between the two last episode.
    Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The unsurprising move came three weeks after the team parted with Hunter Pence.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The unsurprising move to opt out by Griffen cleared more than $13 million in salary cap space for the Vikings this year.
    Schuyler Dixon, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • These nods to the past are unsurprising for a series steeped in nostalgia.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • The Pats won and beat the 7.5-point spread at home last year, an unsurprising result given how well this team has fared in its own digs against the Dolphins.
    Alex Kay, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • And the research holds some important, if unsurprising, clues about how to do it.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The Jets possess the second overall pick in the 2021 draft and their decision to trade Darnold was unsurprising.
    oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The study’s findings are unsurprising to those who research dolphins, per the Times.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
  • It’s perhaps unsurprising that Levchin would believe in some form of tech to be the solution.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Their parents say the post-playing careers of Chris and Kyle are unsurprising.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Like a fairy tale, the final reveal feels somehow unsurprising, but still a shock.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • That Freud beat Remarque and Sherriff to the punch is unsurprising.
    Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • According to the zoo owner, her escape was unsurprising to the zoo's staff.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • This is unsurprising, as so much of consumers' lives and day-to-day functions have shifted to the digital world.
    John Kim, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • The horse race implications of the feud have led much of the coverage, for unsurprising reasons.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The highlights from the preview revolved more around some of the game’s details rather than its unsurprising WW2-inspired plot premise.
    Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • In Cromwell’s view, the logic of events was unsurprising and familiar.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 8 May 2021
  • And in an incredibly unsurprising twist, the gun turns out to be empty.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The study's findings, while unsurprising, highlight the risk people may take in efforts to get hold of the popular drugs.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Both QBs started the season struggling, which was unsurprising given the recent history of first-round rookie starters at QB.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Again, wholly unsurprising, but not reflective of what appears to be the general sentiment not just among critics, but the majority of fans.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

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