How To Use Unannounced In A Sentence

I would show up unannounced, watch Jaime teach calculus, chat with Principal Henry Gradillas, check in with other Advanced Placement classes and in the early afternoon call my editor in Washington to say I was chasing down the latest medfly outbreak story, or whatever seemed believable at the time. Unlike many, Escalante believed in teaching, not sorting
You drop in at a friend's place one evening unannounced.
Kader Asmal for what it described as his courageous unannounced visit to a Soweto school last week. ANC Daily News Briefing
I did an unannounced radio silence yesterday: no sending personal e-mail except in emergencies, no reading anything online -- lj, Facebook, comics, news, nothing. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
If the fish have got used to the sudden onset of winter that arrived unannounced last week, then some good sport can be expected from the roach population of the waters below the city.

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The Texan singer will be supported by two other bands, as yet unannounced.
Groups singing carols and folk songs to the beat of local musical instruments would arrive unannounced at any time of the night.
My uncle arrived unannounced yesterday evening.
She appeared unannounced and took control of the meeting.
I'm aware that the past week has been the longest unannounced hiatus I've taken from posting since this site started.
It transpires that she has flown over spontaneously and unannounced to visit him. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
My uncle arrived unannounced yesterday evening.
He stunned police by turning up unannounced and spending 40 minutes working up a sweat. The Sun
We were plagued by unannounced visits, scrutiny of our cleaning methods and numerous viewings. Times, Sunday Times
Her surprise was nothing compared to the reason for the unannounced change given her by the driver.
Yet he could still turn up unannounced at any time in a bar in a far-flung corner of the Highlands with a fiddle under his chin. Times, Sunday Times
The first time many Pembrokeshire farmers knew a pipeline might be crossing their land was when surveyors and analysts turned up unannounced.
Examples might include a corporate president or an attorney who misused information regarding a planned but unannounced takeover attempt.
Twenty years were needed for my next six films to be produced, the last two in the strange conditions of an unannounced war.
Only an unannounced visit by the agency could have ascertained the truth in the matter.
The IRC said it was very difficult to remain informed as to the fortunes of immigrants who leave the country unannounced.
The unannounced design institutes cannot be engaged in design for relevant water project construction.
Thursday The auditor turned up today unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
In Britain we have very strict procedures about logging your whereabouts so that the testers can arrive unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
For example, in the LEEP environment, students cannot meet for coffee after class or drop into their professors' offices unannounced.
Then if she turns up unannounced, plead exhaustion and say no. The Sun
I'd normally recoil at the thought of hotel staff providing entertainment, but here it happened unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
When exit happens, it will be over a weekend and unannounced in advance, recalling all those crisis meetings of three years ago. Times, Sunday Times
Investigators from six states showed up unannounced to Wachovia's headquarters because of what they call questionable business practices. CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2008
This would open its nuclear facilities to unannounced and more intrusive inspections. Times, Sunday Times
You can roll up and visit them all unannounced during usual opening hours. Times, Sunday Times
He had just arrived unannounced from South America.
She appeared unannounced and took control of the meeting.
Ten years ago, long before he won his first cap for Scotland or the Lions, Tom Smith turned up unannounced and unheralded at London Scottish's leafy ground in Richmond.
In the event of unannounced guests, the host and hostess will usually sit beside the table.
The certified factories must agree to unannounced inspections by accredited, independent monitors.
He said that the regime of unannounced inspections would continue. Times, Sunday Times
Part of their appeal is that spy satellites are supposed to travel over their target areas unannounced and undiscovered.
He surprised her yesterday by turning up unannounced at her hotel. The Sun
How much easier life would be if an enigmatic small gent arrived unannounced to solve dark household mysteries through a process of quietly perceptive questioning. Times, Sunday Times
Very recently in a business of mine we noticed cash discrepancies, and conducted an unannounced check at the branch concerned. Times, Sunday Times
Dad used to turn up unannounced and stay for about three days.
And what's that unannounced first-party title readying for Fall? GoNintendo.com Podcast
Mobile teams can arrive unannounced and undertake actions that are not normally expected of your average officer.
I ran up the stairs at full speed and knocked on his door, remembering the last time that I'd come over unannounced like this.
Like thousands of other fans I was truly disappointed at his unannounced withdrawal from the Madness gig.
Maybe the nastygram I sent resulted in an unannounced free month?
Because of what folk have seen on the streets, complaints have been made and as a result we have twice had unannounced checks carried out by Trading Standards officers.
Farm inspections under most schemes should be unannounced.
RIM touts the PlayBook -- due out in early 2011 at an unannounced price -- as "the first multiprocessing, multitasking, uncompromised browsing, enterprise-ready professional-grade tablet. RIM announces PlayBook tablet
I want them to think they will get swift, unannounced and violent death.
No, when they want to bring things up they drop around unannounced for a chat.
They prepared a right royal welcome for her at Manchester - but she surprised them by arriving back in Rochdale unannounced to get the champagne corks popping.
Law slipped out of Boston unannounced and secretly traveled to Rome.
The food is tasty and sumptuous, as we also found on the day we visited (it was an unannounced visit).
they arrived unannounced
In Britain we have very strict procedures about logging your whereabouts so that the testers can arrive unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
Almost unannounced, we started achieving consonance.
Members of White Watch at Bransholme Fire Station were stunned when Mr Prescott turned up unannounced in front of the building on Saturday morning.
A lot of A-list celebrities show up unannounced on the day. Times, Sunday Times
They were also obsessed with security and made unannounced visits to the cell to steal the smallest belongings. Times, Sunday Times
It's unfair to arrive unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
He is enabling his moocher brother, and between the unannounced visits and the financial drain he is allowing his brother to disturb your marriage.
He said the unannounced check found that the tills were short of money, which he replaced from other funds, and several delivery dockets were missing.
Examples might include a corporate president or an attorney who misused information regarding a planned but unannounced takeover attempt.
And I had moved out of an apartment I rented from him because he kept coming in uninvited, unannounced.
He was with her when she arrived unannounced and incognito at Highland inns. The Bullet Catchers
She doesn't like me turning up unannounced. The Sun
This year though, he shows up uninvited and unannounced.
They should do it like the police and just turn up unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
Taylor's unannounced departure marked his first known travel to a war zone outside the city since the rebel siege began.
You quickly get dressed and go downstairs, wondering what the contractor left behind or forgot to do that brought him back unannounced.
I was just about coming to my senses, not long before lunch, when the doorbell rang and there stood Graham's parents, again, unwarned and unannounced.
It was only discovered in 2002 that genetically modified maize had been coming into the country in unmilled food aid, unannounced, for several years.
And, although they didn't know it, their parents had decided to make the big day even more perfect by turning up for the wedding unannounced.
Such a change should not go unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
He would simply drive unannounced from town to town in a signless car often alone, and would stop and strike up conversations with people on the street. Your Right Hand Thief
There will be a combination of announced and unannounced visits. Times, Sunday Times
His daughter Margaret is writing a book about her unusual childhood and a biography by Paul Alexander is seeping unannounced into bookstores.
The addiction to the scoop is the reason so many journalists choose to tote that notepad and stanch that hangover and, ignoring a gathering avalanche of doubts, listen so intently to a succession of batty and battier strangers who phone or e-mail or show up in the lobby unannounced to say they know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. A Claim to Camelot
Also difficult to follow, with its unannounced flashbacks featuring different actors playing earlier editions of the main cast, is Los Aires Dificiles (Rough Winds), Gerardo Herrero's adaptation of a popular novel by Almudena Grandes. GreenCine Daily: PIFF Dispatch. 8.
It was an unannounced addition by the actors to the ordinary programme of the day.
The authority regulates all clinics by routine annual inspections, plus unannounced inspections, in an effort to keep mistakes to a minimum.
But to come in unannounced, and make an insensitive comment like that so early on, was nothing short of an insult to the dead and suffering.
having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck
Another time he used blinkers at the last moment, unannounced. The Sun
All 54 public acute hospitals were audited in unannounced inspections during the summer and graded as good, fair and poor.
He was invited to the Jubilee Centre, Bernice Street by a neighbour and dropped in unannounced.
He showed up unannounced at the home of Copenhagen's prima ballerina and insisted he be allowed to dance Cendrillon for her.
Who could this ruthless new satirist be, who had parachuted unannounced into the Scottish media, with so sharp a knife and so keen a sense of the absurd?
One day he stormed into my office unannounced and unexpected.
Ladies don't go calling on gentleman unannounced.
It was more their way to arrive unannounced, to appear swimming in the water trough between one dip of the ewer and the next, and then to fly away over the yard in a flurry of laughter.
There will be another unannounced inspection. Times, Sunday Times
SCHOOLS with behaviour problems will face unannounced inspections from next week. The Sun
Expertly paced trailers released over the past few months revealed nothing, and unannounced screenings in select cities created more buzz.
They were also obsessed with security and made unannounced visits to the cell to steal the smallest belongings. Times, Sunday Times
Unscrupulous companies will instead pester you with annoying phone calls or unannounced visits.
Eventually, as evening draws in, you turn a bend and catch a first glimpse of the scattering of bungalows, country houses and offices rising unannounced out of the deodars.
Clooney, who reputedly flew in on economy class unannounced, was merely making a pit stop to check on his investment.
You know what would have happened if a rabid capitalist had just turned up unannounced? The Sun
Anyway, Hans is headed off to a new but as yet unannounced gig.
It said that unannounced inspections would be introduced. Times, Sunday Times
These visits will be followed up with unannounced visits. Times, Sunday Times
Lancashire already has 60 lay visitors who turn up unannounced in police stations across the county to check on detainee treatment and conditions.
His departure, after six years in the job, went unannounced.
And staff have to practice it from time to time in an unannounced way.
It turned out to be an unannounced dancing lesson - all for no charge!
He said the unannounced check found that the tills were short of money, which he replaced from other funds, and several delivery dockets were missing.
Cobwebs, chewing gum, dust and cigarette burns were some of the sights which greeted a team of inspectors when they arrived for an unannounced visit to Southend Hospital.
We should be lonely indeed if people were scared to drop in on us unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
These include a commitment to open access for relatives and expert visitors, and more unannounced inspections. Times, Sunday Times
Around 20 officers will be mounting action days throughout July stopping vehicles in unannounced locations.
I know better than most that some of the deepest sorrows of life visit us unannounced, with no respect for our standing in life. Times, Sunday Times
He said the inspectors, who arrived unannounced, toured maintenance workshops and asked questions.
The yet unannounced venue has a capacity of only 1000, so get tickets quick for what will be one of the most amazing shows this year.
In that capacity, he also held the Secret Vote - the unannounced appropriations for the secret intelligence services.
I was waiting for a few wrong notes, or the unannounced blur of phrase intonation; instead I heard one of the most perfect realizations I am most likely to hear for some little while.
That night, three men arrive unannounced at my hotel. Times, Sunday Times
The show, one of a series of unannounced public rehearsals, is a challenge for audience and band alike.
The two women from a development donor agency in the big city descended upon the ‘Developing’ women in the little village unannounced.
It is this warmth that makes the motionlessness of distant horizon and the muteness of "trees and me" imply a certain fulfillment, as if they are waiting for an unannounced fall of something.
Groups singing carols and folk songs to the beat of local musical instruments would arrive unannounced at any time of the night.
They will turn up unannounced and expect to receive hospitality. Times, Sunday Times
Examples might include a corporate president or an attorney who misused information regarding a planned but unannounced takeover attempt.
I'd normally recoil at the thought of hotel staff providing entertainment, but here it happened unannounced. Times, Sunday Times
They are unannounced contenders for the Democratic nomination.
If the fish have got used to the sudden onset of winter that arrived unannounced last week, then some good sport can be expected from the roach population of the waters below the city.
Yet he could still turn up unannounced at any time in a bar in a far-flung corner of the Highlands with a fiddle under his chin. Times, Sunday Times

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