for a wonder

Idioms  

1. Surprisingly, strange to say, as in For a wonder he didn't argue with the waiter about the bill. [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

Others described being charged exorbitant prices for the cheap medication or watching family members’ conditions worsen while waiting for a “wonder drug” they found online, according to Time.

From Washington Post

“For a Wonder Bread fan like me, is there somewhere that I can get a sourdough ender?”

From Washington Post

In the 1970s it was snapped up by Shams Pahlavi, the shah’s sister, who had ambitions for a wonder estate to rival her Pearl Palace in Karaj, outside Tehran, with its spiral ziggurat and zoo and fabulously opulent pure gold bedspread.

From The Guardian

The timing couldn’t be better for a Wonder Woman sequel.

From The Verge

On Sunday, Jenkins and Gadot tweeted out a list of encouraging anecdotes that showed young fans' passion for the new superhero on the block, from a girl who requested a last-minute change to a Wonder-Woman-themed birthday party, to a little boy asking for a Wonder Woman lunch box, to a group of girls deciding to "work together to defeat evil" during recess as they all pretended to be Diana Prince.

From Time