UNEXPECTED in a Sentence

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Lily's colour rose at the unexpected advance: it was a long time since real kindness had looked at her from any eyes but Gerty's.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNEXPECTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unexpected
 a.  not expected or anticipated
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "If there's going to be any trouble I want to be there," was his vague reflection, as he threw to Jotham the unexpected order to unhitch the team and lead them back to the barn.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  This suggestion met with the complete approval of Prissy, who was now reduced to teeth- chattering idiocy at every unexpected sound.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  Any unexpected noise or sharp word set him to trembling, for in his mind noises and harsh words were inextricably mixed with Yankees and he was more afraid of Yankees than of Prissy's hants.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  Melanie met them halfway, surprising Scarlett with her unexpected vivacity as she told of trials at Tara, making light of hardships.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  Perhaps he had seen too much of the unexpected ever to be startled again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  Scarlett trailed after him, somewhat at a loss, a trifle disappointed as at an unexpected anticlimax.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
7  The news of their engagement came like an explosion, unexpected and shattering, rocking the town, and even the mildest- mannered women spoke their minds heatedly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
8  They drank heavily at Scarlett's parties, far too heavily, and usually after a reception there were one or more unexpected guests who stayed the night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  If he was startled at her unexpected statement he did not show it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
10  He had the dull man's unexpected flashes of astuteness, and Lily could not help joining in the laugh with which he had pounced on the truth.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
11  In a flash she remembered Mrs. Trenor's complaints of Carry Fisher's rapacity, and saw that they denoted an unexpected acquaintance with her husband's private affairs.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 4
12  Beat about the question as she would, she knew the outcome of it was that she must try to marry Rosedale; and in this conviction she was fortified by an unexpected visit from George Dorset.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
13  Lily's colour rose at the unexpected advance: it was a long time since real kindness had looked at her from any eyes but Gerty's.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
14  Lily's blush deepened to a glow in which humiliation and gratitude were mingled; and both sentiments revealed themselves in the unexpected gentleness of her reply.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
15  It was a business communication from the office of her aunt's executors, and she wondered what unexpected development had caused them to break silence before the appointed time.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  They were brought up against unexpected delays.
2  Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.
3  I'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight.
4  Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
5  Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence.
6  Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.
7  One unexpected spin-off of the course was the forming of some really close friendships.
8  Life was suddenly full of possibilities, not to mention a few unexpected surprises.
9  The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
10  She was detained in the office by unexpected callers.
11  The youngest player scored up an unexpected fifty runs.
12  The success of her book has given her unexpected celebrity status.
13  Significant increases in delinquency rates have in some cases led to unexpected increases in credit losses.
14  I gasped with surprise at the unexpected news.
15  "What shall I tell her?" "Oh, I will go by all means," I answered: and I was glad of the unexpected opportunity to gratify my much-excited curiosity.