have been surprising
- present perfect progressive of surprise.
Example Sentences
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Touvier said it may have been surprising that the natural food color additives yielded similar risks as synthetic ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
And there have been surprising winners elsewhere in Europe too.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
It would not have been surprising for people in Saigon in 1975 to believe that the communist-led revolutionaries might kill them.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
Even with injury and performance question marks, it wouldn’t have been surprising for the club to bypass further reinforcements and begin the season with him in the bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Guenever, and this might have been surprising to a person who had known her in her days of tempest looked sweet and pretty.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
