7 sentences with 'surprise'
Example sentences and phrases with the word surprise and other words derived from it.
• « The question seemed to surprise him, and he replied that no way, he would be happy to operate on me. »
• « At the hotel where we were staying they gave me a nice surprise that filled me with satisfaction. »
• « In 218 BC, the great Carthaginian general Hannibal (son of the most successful general who had fought the Romans in the First Punic War) launched a surprise attack in Spain against the Roman allies and then against the Roman forces themselves. This led to the Second Punic War (218 BCE - 202 BCE). »
• « Its architect was Julius Caesar's heir, his great-nephew Octavian, to whom Caesar left (to the surprise of almost everyone) almost all his vast wealth. »
• « In 800, Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, Leo III. Although Charlemagne's biographers claimed that this came as a surprise to Charlemagne, it was quite the opposite; Charlemagne completely dominated Leo III and sought to use the prestige of the imperial title to cement his power. »