surprising

• To Maurice it was all specially surprising, as he had scarcely been aware of Mrs. Bell's existence during her lifetime It must be a good thing to be dead, Cecile," he said to his little sister, "people are very kind to you after you are dead, Cecile. —  The Children's Pilgrimage
• More surprising was the failure of self-reliance observable in her request for counsel. —  The Prince of India — Volume 02
• It should not be surprising, therefore, if the former relaxed his air, and leaned a little forward to hear what was further submitted to him Have you breakfasted?" —  The Prince of India — Volume 01
• At sixty feet he could hit the bottom of a tomato tin nearly every time; and even more surprising was the fact that he held the arrow with what is known as the Mediterranean hold. —  The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake
• It was not surprising, therefore, if Gustavus evinced little inclination to purchase the neutrality of the League, by which he was likely to gain so little, at the expense of the advantages he had already obtained The conditions, accordingly, upon which he offered to adopt the neutrality towards Bavaria were severe, and suited to these views. —  The Works of Frederich Schiller

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