How to Use unsurprisingly in a Sentence
unsurprisingly
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The junior from Ohio stood, unsurprisingly, at the front of the line.
— Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022 -
The real Lake of the Ozarks, unsurprisingly, is not a whole lot like the show.
— Mike and Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 2022 -
Sprinting off a cliff is, unsurprisingly, thought to be a bad idea in Japan.
— Greg Story, Forbes, 19 July 2022 -
At the top of the list, unsurprisingly, are mask and vaccine mandates.
— Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021 -
And unsurprisingly, the Duchess of Sussex's style game was on point.
— Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 15 Apr. 2022 -
The candidates could not — or, rather, did not, agree with the premise — though Reagan, unsurprisingly, was the more hawkish of the two.
— Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023 -
And unsurprisingly, the Guards called them a seditious campaign backed by the U.S. and Israel.
— The Editors, National Review, 26 Sep. 2022 -
And unsurprisingly, the Timberwolves were the team that swung first.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the cost of these Airbnbs is, well, not cheap.
— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024 -
That has unsurprisingly been the case for , which hit Netflix last week.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Few actors would be able to top playing the lead role in a project as massive as Roots, and Amos unsurprisingly wasn’t able to.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The conflict at the heart of Bears Ears has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been tied to white supremacy.
— Dr. Len Necefer, Outside Online, 29 June 2022 -
And the Bay Area kept its spot as the most expensive metro region in the country, unsurprisingly.
— Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 2022 -
Tuesday, unsurprisingly, they were beaten up on the glass and shot over on the perimeter.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022 -
The star tagged Free People in the photo, but unsurprisingly, that exact style is no longer available on the site.
— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2023 -
The highlight of his new film is, unsurprisingly, Clooney and Roberts’ sharp chemistry.
— Brianna Zigler, Chron, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The new truck's 128.7-inch wheelbase is, unsurprisingly, identical to that of the Ford.
— Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 July 2022 -
China is not entirely with the rest of the world on the Ukraine issue — unsurprisingly.
— Ted Anthony, ajc, 1 Mar. 2022 -
The sedan models wear a rear lip spoiler while the hatch is fitted with a large rear wing, unsurprisingly also in black.
— Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 10 May 2023 -
And unsurprisingly, the actress has a good taste in fashion in real life, too.
— Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2022 -
There are a lot of Marvel posters out there, unsurprisingly.
— John Thompson, Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022 -
And unsurprisingly, the world’s wealthy have better prospects.
— Patrick Bixby, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2023 -
And perhaps unsurprisingly, that's too heavy for even the World's Strongest Man and his very large brother to deadlift.
— Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The three-day event was poorly attended and, unsurprisingly, did not bring peace to Earth.
— Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021 -
Njoku didn’t necessarily take the game over -- unsurprisingly, the Browns’ run game was once again the star of the show, Cleveland’s saving grace.
— Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022 -
And, unsurprisingly for a show focused on survival and maybe-cannibalism, there appears to be a good amount of gore on the way.
— Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022 -
In the middle, the biggest one is — unsurprisingly — Cima Grande, rising more than 9,800 feet above sea level.
— Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 -
The ominous thrill of the new series Wednesday, out now on Netflix, is unsurprisingly fostered by the set design.
— Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 Nov. 2022 -
This one’s cheerfully grandiose title is, unsurprisingly, a bait and switch: These are sad songs, small in scope and size (none run past four minutes).
— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024 -
But his dramatic plans for the future of the farm unsurprisingly creates a power struggle within the family.
— Dave Quinn, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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