The voice was soft and female, so close at hand that he yelped in sheer surprise.

That made a few of them laugh, in sheer surprise.

His eyes widened in shock, and for a moment Kevin thought the man was going to break from sheer surprise.

That was enough to give them an instant's pause out of sheer surprise.

The sheer surprise of not going for someplace more usual helped me push her back.

My mouth dropped open in sheerest surprise, and I could not speak.

They left their minds open out of sheer surprise.

The sheer surprise made my pulse rate speed up a touch.

Zigabenos, holding back until the last moment, made the most of it from sheer surprise.

A single cry escaped his lips from sheer surprise, before he bit it back.