It's a surprisingly elegant building given that it was constructed of simple cement blocks.

Some of the cut-rate compromises, however, turned out surprisingly elegant.

They went up a flight of stairs and through another steel door into a large and surprisingly elegant kitchen.

His current exhibition is based on a surprisingly elegant idea for a major work of public art in the nation's capital.

He stood leaning in the doorway, surprisingly elegant in black velvet.

Barbecued chicken, a special one evening, was surprisingly elegant.

"That is a surprisingly elegant bonnet you are wearing," he said.

Together, they make a surprisingly elegant thing of a kindergarten esthetic.

The piece was perhaps two feet high and surprisingly elegant.

The bartender returned with the requested bottle and a surprisingly elegant glass of wine.