Ky snorted, surprised into a laugh for the first time since her private disaster.

Oates said no one should be surprised at the evolution of catchers into managers.

We're going to try to surprise him into some sort of reaction or acknowledgment when he sees it.

I was afraid of being that young writer whose acclaim surprised me into silence.

"That's a trap," the boy said, surprised into rash words.

Brad got out of the way, surprised into silence by his nephew's arrival on the scene.

At any moment now, he might be surprised into an exchange of fire.

But coming from this source, it surprised her into a speechless stare.

This acts to surprise the liver into activity, for it has very little work to do when you are on a pure diet.

You surprised me into something that, perhaps, I don't want to face.