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as in amazed
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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as in ambushed
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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Recent Examples of surprised
Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
So could the crowd really have been that surprised?
—Alan Light, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Bela, the world’s worst FAF, is surprised to hear that Halloween is a big night for FAF duties.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Don’t be surprised if the 30-year-old is re-signed to another one-year deal.
—Omar Kelly, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Dylan, a movie stuntwoman at work on a shoot in New Zealand, sounds neither surprised nor concerned: The dispassionate tone between them makes clear that mother and daughter are at least alike in their self-containment.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
So could the crowd really have been that surprised?
—Alan Light, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Bela, the world’s worst FAF, is surprised to hear that Halloween is a big night for FAF duties.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Don’t be surprised if the 30-year-old is re-signed to another one-year deal.
—Omar Kelly, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprised
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That gap becomes dramatically clear in cases where players choose to act against their own interests, deliberately allowing their characters to be swindled, ambushed, or even killed.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
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He was allegedly ambushed in the parking lot, kidnapped, robbed and murdered; his apartment was also burglarized, according to police reports.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Context The incident is the latest in series of high-profile crimes on New York subway trains that have shocked the city.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Subway Violence Meanwhile, the incident is the latest in a series of high-profile crimes on New York subway trains that have shocked the city.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The work of art is not a miraculously healing, autonomous object that finds its counterpoint in an awed and newly invigorated individual viewer.Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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As a lapsed Catholic, I was awed by the brilliance of this altarpiece.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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The findings left scientists astonished.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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In 2014, for instance, one researcher was astonished to watch a single sea otter devour roughly 30 European green crabs in an hour, per the Washington Post.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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Yes, Sam Darnold looked bewildered against Detroit in the regular season finale, and that conjures all sorts of lingering doubts.Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore brought different weapons to this cute fight: bobcat Kilgore and otter Brie, both seeming a little bewildered by the powder that surrounded them today.NBC News, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Many viewers in the comments were astounded at how well Jadyn's wife actually did.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Evie’s wife, Pippa, newer to the family, is more astounded than appalled by the ambient homophobia.Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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How Did TikTok React? After posting the footage on TikTok, Lemos was amazed by the overwhelming reaction.Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Among the millions of Americans amazed by the aurora was Antonella Fruscione, an astrophysicist at Harvard University, who rushed to send photos of the celestial event to her friends in Italy.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Surprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprised. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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