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  • I barken back to the rogue Taken Howler, the dead unexpectedly alive and inimical. Shadow Games
  • These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
  • I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
  • That unexpectedly collapses it into a black hole, a supermassive region with a gravitational pull so strong not even light can escape.
  • That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
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  • Better prepared and more aggressive, he unexpectedly outmanoeuvred the prime minister.
  • It would partly explain why employment has been unexpectedly strong and productivity apparently so weak, and would augur well for future jobs growth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Graceful re-establishment of session without losing data after connection is unexpectedly lost.
  • The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
  • When Kevin returns home unexpectedly the calm of rural life is thrown into disarray.
  • The economic shocks in late 2000 caused an unexpectedly sharp drop in demand, and inventory began to build up.
  • Having to pay out unexpectedly for car repairs made a big hole in my savings.
  • In a possible sign of progress, a second trilateral meeting was added unexpectedly to the schedule in the afternoon. Times, Sunday Times
  • It must have morphed into the helpless testudinal phase unexpectedly and died when one of the carnivores found it. Perseus Spur
  • However, she hadn't bargained on becoming an instant wife and mother, when Dan unexpectedly received custody of an orphaned baby.
  • After Claire excused herself to run her unspecified "errand" - making Roger shudder only slightly-he and Brianna had driven to the pub, but then decided to wait for their supper, since the evening was unexpectedly fine. Dragonfly in Amber
  • In early July, Murdoch unexpectedly announced he was shutting down the 168-year-old, Sunday-only, James Murdoch, Rupert's son and News International chairman, said the paper had lost the trust of readers due to allegations about controversial reporting practices by its staff, some of which he characterized as "inhuman. News - chicagotribune.com
  • At the core of these is the economic slowdown in China, where the central bank sharply and unexpectedly devalued its currency last week. Times, Sunday Times
  • So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy, edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.
  • Elizabeth Anne Ford was thrust onto the national stage unexpectedly when President Nixon chose her husband, then the House minority leader, as vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned. Betty Ford: A beacon for women, addicts
  • Béziau 2004, it was observed that by putting together the sequent rules for classical conjunction and the rules for classical disjunction, the resulting sequent calculus will (unexpectedly) prove the distributivity between conjunction and disjunction. Combining Logics
  • Unexpectedly, out of instinct, I suppose, his gaze turned skywards.
  • It was in one of these that our word akimbo unexpectedly appeared more than 200 years earlier than the next citation in the 1600s. OUPblog
  • Thus our instincts certainly cause us to believe that the sun will rise tomorrow, but we may be in no better a position than the chicken which unexpectedly has its neck wrung.
  • The filigreed ironwork of a stairway saved from Louis Sullivan's demolished Chicago Stock Exchange leads unexpectedly to the second floor. The New World Reborn
  • Normally when I go out with friends I take my car in case I am called back home unexpectedly by the sickie, so it was nice to be driven for a change.
  • Mr. O'Day, a relatively unknown sidearmer who made it to Anaheim unexpectedly out of spring training in 2008, follows Mr. Rodriguez to the National League and into a wide-open Mets bullpen. In Search of the Next Josh Hamilton
  • Not unexpectedly, this building displays John Wardle's architectural dexterity and virtuoso skill.
  • Laurel Canyon (2003), each focused on an innocent young woman swept up in the glamorously baffling sex-and-drugs scene swirling around a charismatic older female artist, the situation here is reversed; unexpectedly drawn in to and fascinated by the ultra-domestic household created by a pair of charismatic femmes, the swinger is the straight man (literally). SF Weekly | Complete Issue
  • The hour of our first meeting is still graven on my memory. I met him unexpectedly.
  • At midday a tipper truck stopped unexpectedly in Market Square. WHITE LIES
  • In the teenagers an unexpectedly high level of activity was observed in the part of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex, which is a region known to be involved in multi-tasking and making decisions. Teenagers Find it Difficult to Concentrate Because Their Brains Are Undeveloped | Impact Lab
  • But a major faux pas has made the new Barbie unexpectedly controversial in polyglot America: there is no Asian-American version.
  • A glint of sunlight on an unexpectedly bright object. Man of Honour
  • As the Fed has moved to boost short-term interest rates, long-term interest rates have stayed unexpectedly low.
  • The urge to acquire interesting and possibly valuable things is widespread and can strike unexpectedly and sometimes with great force.
  • Unexpectedly to Sarah, Justin quickly leaned in and placed a soft, gentle kiss on her lips.
  • She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
  • If that actuator starts to move unexpectedly, it acts as a generator and the short provides an electrical load that slows the motor down.
  • We've all seen photobombs - photos where others hop in unexpectedly, essentially "ruining" the photo to hilarious effect - but we've never seen photobombs quite as hilarious as the ones from weddings.
  • Is there not rather just cause for wonder that he did not speedily sink to the bottom, but that, on the contrary, he kept afloat, advanced to conspicuity and fame, and would, in all probability, have ultimately come with flying colours to a mooring in the port of honour and happiness, if Death had not unexpectedly arrested him in his progress. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3
  • Rather, his heroes are angst-ridden anti-heroes, his stories those of alienated men who unexpectedly find themselves with blood of their own, and others, on their hands.
  • So this week I tried to gain evidence that supports my supper dupper theory, based on my unexpectedly amazing mass spec results I told you about ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • The Commerce Department said the new figure partly reflected an unexpectedly strong build-up of unsold goods.
  • Unexpectedly, just gave a city, fly from inside sky suddenly a vulture holds the flesh.
  • The subsequent "New Chapter" and the Future Capabilities reforms were undermined by the military's unexpectedly high operational tempo and the Treasury's parsimoniousness. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
  • When he watched that audition tape he found himself unexpectedly forgiving of his young self. Times, Sunday Times
  • Often this foreign gene, called a transgene, restores the missing function for a while and then unexpectedly goes silent. Health News from Medical News Today
  • Occasionally, nuggets of dark humour surfaced unexpectedly in an apparently innocent routine, sending a shockwave through her audience.
  • The fine weather has brought some plants into bloom unexpectedly early, including some stunning magnolias.
  • When a serac unexpectedly falls and instantly kills a climber, we are not fascinated, only touched by grief.
  • Unexpectedly weak domestic consumer confidence data lent support to short-dated gilt maturities. Times, Sunday Times
  • They were among fifteen tourists hurt when the horses pulling their carriages bolted unexpectedly during a tour of the Briksdal glacier in Stryn, western Norway, on Monday.
  • ‘Anselmo remained amazed, and almost besides himself, hearing his friend Lothario so unexpectedly to acquaint him with those things in a time wherein he least expected them; for now he esteemed Camilla to have escaped victress from the forged assaults of Lothario, and did himself triumph for glory of her victory. The Fourth Book. VII. Wherein Is Prosecuted the History of the Curious-Impertinent
  • The canvas is at once typical and atypical of the artist's expressionist manner, familiar in its emphatic and swelling interlocking forms, yet unexpectedly still and harmonious in its quality of repose.
  • Its city bus station was sold for development and its long-distance coach station was wholly unexpectedly sold for £4 1 million.
  • First, the photograph unexpectedly like this flagitious; first, the rumor will actually go so far as so under poor; first, China's females near the matter can like be unexpectedly the opening.
  • Jackets would have a tailored body with army-drill sleeves; a gray sweatshirt-material top would be worn over a rich brocade dirndl; a full-skirted shirtwaister would come in blue military fabric with a small turn-down collar unexpectedly embroidered with silver Indian thread. Style.com: Daily Fashion Show Pictures
  • Another treat, this time for sci-fi fans, is David Twohy's Pitch Black, an unexpectedly creepy film set on a planet with three suns during its first total eclipse for 20-odd years.
  • They are kidnapped, and spend a terrifying four years together in grim captivity - polar opposites unexpectedly finding a passionate friendship and comradeship in adversity.
  • He smiled, his familiar smile of self-mockery, but to Joanna, it was unexpectedly suggestive of sadness. HERE BE DRAGONS
  • From this pungently unpromising substance we have made a variety of savoury stews and fritters, and saltfish is one of the Caribbean's unexpectedly characteristic flavours.
  • Lung cancer, for instance, might start as a spicular nodule in the lung, then unmoor itself and ambulate unexpectedly into the brain. The Emperor of All Maladies
  • Not unexpectedly, his newspaper relates a somewhat different account of events.
  • Having to pay out unexpectedly for car repairs made a big hole in my savings.
  • The appearance of the brunette tressed (at the time) Rose in Season 4 was intended to fill the ancestral shoes of unexpectedly deceased big Halliwell sister Prue, played by everlasting bad girl Shannon Doherty.
  • Walls unexpectedly meet at acute and obtuse angles rather than commonplace right angles.
  • But then scientists unexpectedly discovered that the only difference between solids and space was the degree to which the same atoms that composed both were packed more or less closely together.
  • Unexpectedly faced with detention in the post guardhouse, he made a desperate break for freedom and received a mortal bayonet wound.
  • Things make a rapid right turn with this song though - a blast of guitar bursts out unexpectedly.
  • But with a real boohoo was when my friend Kirby Puckett passed away unexpectedly. Tom Matlack: Hall of Famer Dave Winfield on Manly Manicures, Accidentally Killing a Seagull, and Making a Difference on Behalf of His Mom
  • The old cobbler who had been mending shoes in the doorway of a building was unexpectedly replaced by a stranger.
  • Yet if nothing else, her predictably ludicrous but unexpectedly endearing determination to play schoolmarm during her celebrity striptease is enough to settle any remaining doubts about the validity of this woman's U.S. passport. Calamity Jane
  • Strickland flirts with many visual ideas, but, unexpectedly, his work as a whole is based in nature.
  • This means that when you really have to exert yourself unexpectedly, the effects upon your physiological processes and cardiovascular system will be far less drastic. Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Easy Stages
  • The road of life is like a large river,because of the power of the currents,river courses appear unexpectedly where there is no flowing water.
  • And so, the album ends on an unexpectedly strong point, fuzzy guitars purring out simple, yet wonderful riffs.
  • He was packing a supply of light needfuls, of which the lumbermen had unexpectedly run short, and he was pressing forward in haste to avoid The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life
  • Mercer's voice is unexpectedly beautiful with a great range, which lends a folky richness that works well for this catchy indie-rock band.
  • Prince Hamlet explains that the murderers killed his father twice because not only did they slay his body but by killing him unexpectedly, he had no occasion to shrive himself.
  • However, unexpectedly, the highest ranking US diplomat did not come to make demands that Resolution 1559 be implemented.
  • With regard to the observances prescribed before the body is conveyed to the church it may be noted that according to the rubrics prefixed to the title "De exsequiis" in the "Rituale Romanum" a proper interval (debitum temporis intervallum) ought to elapse between the moment of death and the burial, especially where death has occurred unexpectedly, in order that no doubt may remain that life is really extinct. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • Though his worst nightmare became harsh reality, something unexpectedly wonderful emerged from it. The Sun
  • Response: Precedents in other American cities (New York City, Minneapolis) have shown that on one-way streets with parallel parking on both sides, bikers benefit from a much lower risk of being "doored" (unexpectedly hit by a car door opening) when the bike lane is on the left side of the street adjacent to the passenger-side door (instead of the driver-side door). TheWashCycle
  • They unexpectedly realise their dreams when they turn their jobs delivering free newspapers into an illegal racket.
  • Critics of photochromatic lenses, meanwhile, say they are known to get darker anytime they are outdoors and to change color unexpectedly in the cold, and they take too long to change. Goggles made easy
  • The device detonated unexpectedly.
  • As an adult, many years later, working with a Southern singer songwriter, I happened to be in Tupelo Mississippi one dark night and came unexpectedly across the spotlit cabin where Elvis Presley was born. Ethan Russell: Music, Words and Photography: The Long and Winding Road
  • She shook her head as a short, unexpectedly bitter laugh bubbled up from her chest.
  • After her treatment was changed from buffered regular insulin to lispro insulin, her glucose concentration sometimes fluctuated unexpectedly.
  • The high sludge yields were caused by unexpectedly high and erratic levels of influent solids for which the builders were not responsible.
  • So, a toolchain is a very sensitive piece of software, as any bug in one of the components, or a poorly configured component, can lead to execution problems, ranging from poor performance, to applications ending unexpectedly, to mis-behaving software (which more than often is hard to detect), to hardware damage, or even to human risks (which is more than regretable). Softpedia - Windows - All
  • Because there wasn't just one kind of violence in this film (which is, you know, not unexpectedly an extremely violent film) but rather moments of just about everything from extremely comic-booky superheroic combat, to Hong Kong martial arts poetry-of-ultraviolence, to cinema verite, to splatterpunk. I have watched the watchmen
  • I think I was betrothed to Cotton Eye Joe, a frail man who smelled of cheese, who would unexpectedly leap up out of his stool now and again as if someone had set fire to it.
  • Sir Granite had returned most unexpectedly, at a moment that could best be described as inopportune. Sir Apropos of Nothing
  • Will they strobe unexpectedly, causing epileptic fits in children?
  • Construction output unexpectedly dipped in August, hit by a slowdown in infrastructure projects. Times, Sunday Times
  • We have the story of a life here, from girlhood in New Zealand (and the cultural delights of Christchurch) to the passage to Britain after her mother received an unexpectedly large legacy.
  • Poor Don Juan found himself thus unexpectedly between two horns of a dilemma, the result in either case being the same -- that is, the spoliation of the little _pecadillo_ he had put away against old age. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora
  • Mothers 'Day just kind of depresses me since my mom died unexpectedly several years ago. Kerry Trueman: Got Mom?
  • Unexpectedly, after droughts in New Zealand and an increased demand for lamb in China and Africa, sheep prices are at their highest for a long time about £110 for a gimmer – a young ewe. Back to the land: from London to sheep farming on Eigg
  • During the course of the novel Julius unexpectedly renews his contact with Fanny.
  • A fortnight ago, I had to unexpectedly pop home from the office.
  • They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main.
  • Of course I assisted him as well as I could under the circumstances, but as he limped along towards the companion-hatchway, the leader of the desperadoes, that villainous "marquis," who I thought had met with his just deserts long since, not having seen him for some little time among the other fighters, most unexpectedly jumped from the rigging in front of the colonel and aimed a vindictive blow at him with a marline-spike. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
  • The kit system worked well until 1990, when the donor country suddenly and unexpectedly decided to reduce funding.
  • A glint of sunlight on an unexpectedly bright object. Man of Honour
  • Pinchot's funny accent work is quite unexpectedly perfect for the Dupin stories, featuring as they do the semi-hysterical Prefect of the Paris police, "G____," who is wont to burst into peals of lunatic laughter whenever Dupin calls his sagacity into question. Boing Boing
  • There is something bleak and unexpectedly moving about this old-school anti-hero. Times, Sunday Times
  • Jumping two Post Office grades to get her job was an unexpectedly large career leap.
  • Apparently pushpin mosaics are unexpectedly hard on the thumbs. Boing Boing
  • The urge to acquire interesting and possibly valuable things is widespread and can strike unexpectedly and sometimes with great force.
  • Previously agreed plans, such as giving the intelligence agencies more snooping powers, were unexpectedly ripped up. The Sun
  • This freedom, however, proves even more elusory for them than it did for Easy Rider's protagonists, when the supply of dope dries up unexpectedly.
  • A man who cruised Britain's canals in the narrow boat he built himself, has died unexpectedly at the age of 77.
  • But if you like to watch beautiful images and at the same time engross yourself in a masterful world, at times unexpectedly keeping you at the edge of your seat, I recommend Black Swan as one of the best films of 2010, sure to be an Oscar contender in major categories. Michael Russnow: Black Swan: A Must See Even if Ballet Ain't Your Thing
  • I was unexpectedly eliminated in the third round up against the wild card, Julia Kristen from California.
  • For with cathood his voice had unexpectedly deepened. The Blue Cat of Castle Town
  • The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
  • Released in 2001, their first single, Shadows Fall, opens with a loping reggae rhythm topped off with barbershop quartet harmonies, before unexpectedly exploding into big-band jazz.
  • ORIGINS OF THE GENETIC CODE: The Escaped Triplet Theory: There is very significant evidence that cognate codons and/or anticodons are unexpectedly frequent in RNA-binding sites for seven of eight biological amino acids that have been tested. An Interesting Pattern
  • I think it's an interesting option, actually, and one I'd probably go for if I found myself unexpectedly preggers and that option was available to me.
  • The loss of the skiing gave us an unexpectedly long look at the kids from a junior skating Grand Prix, which gave us a chance to revel not only in Barry Davies's versatility, but also his gift of bilocation.
  • She was sounding unexpectedly urgent as they approached the empty checkout counter.
  • But Frank returns unexpectedly and catches the two together in a confrontation that will change everyone's lives.
  • Apparently pushpin mosaics are unexpectedly hard on the thumbs. Boing Boing
  • She unexpectedly triggered an acrimonious conclusion to the conversation when she told Bernon she would pray for him.
  • In June, with more applications pouring in, the mayor unexpectedly announced that he would "reprogram" $20 million of the city's planned $27 million contribution for a separate effort to repair existing homes. Grass Roots Put New Orleans Back on Its Feet
  • They bought it unexpectedly by outbidding me at auction a few months ago, saying that as they live opposite it, they wanted to ensure my rival at the auction didn't get it.
  • The champion was unexpectedly knocked out in the first round.
  • Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
  • You are truly disturbed and want to quit, but nothing you say works to get your exit from this unexpectedly distressing situation.
  • When the rabbit ronin Usagi Yojimbo agrees to escort a beautiful young woman to the next town, he unexpectedly involves himself in a situation that could have deadly consequences. Dark Horse Title Shipping in December | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
  • His voice sounded oddly strangled, and she opened her eyes to find his face unexpectedly close to hers.
  • Ken's mind was racing, he had been thrown into an insane situation so quickly and unexpectedly, he wasn't sure what to do.
  • So, yes, it made me feel sick and also unexpectedly, ragingly angry. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was nearly 12 when we had to very suddenly and unexpectedly say goodbye to him. Times, Sunday Times
  • One of my first days in Hong Kong I came within about an inch of being flattened by a speeding Mercedes Benz that whipped unexpectedly around a corner.
  • A rogue dialler is software that installs a premium rate number as the default dial-up number on a victim's computer without his knowledge, resulting in an unexpectedly expensive call every time the computer connects to the internet.
  • The group stayed on that boat for several hours, then unexpectedly disembarked and caught a later boat.
  • But this I may state in a sentence, that the greatest, probably the most prosperous, manufacturing industry that this country or the world has ever seen, has been suddenly and unexpectedly stricken down, but by a blow which had not been unforeseen or unforetold. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
  • Though his worst nightmare became harsh reality, something unexpectedly wonderful emerged from it. The Sun
  • And suddenly the fifty-cent tip previously bestowed upon the servitor seemed, to one unexpectedly fallen heir to the princely fortune then in P. Sybarite's pockets, the very nadir of beggarliness. The Day of Days An Extravaganza
  • Whenever the number of deaths rises or falls unexpectedly, the software triggers an alert which prompts a clinical investigation into the possible causes.
  • He could appear paternalistic – offering £1,000 to employees to give up smoking, or unexpectedly having a new car with a cherished numberplate ready for a high-performing colleague when they arrived at work. A life lesson from the late, great Jimi Heselden
  • Then, quite unexpectedly, this may give way to a leafy square containing a glorious baroque church or a former palace. Times, Sunday Times
  • Previously agreed plans, such as giving the intelligence agencies more snooping powers, were unexpectedly ripped up. The Sun
  • The safari thrill of seeing an elephant or rhino unexpectedly lumber into view is also missing. The Sun
  • In France, Henry unexpectedly routs a vastly superior French army at Agincourt and wins the heart of a French princess.
  • She was going through the throes of enjoying what had unexpectedly come. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • Unexpectedly, a cover of sadness veiled her eyes and her voice took a gloomy turn.
  • A group of young, wealthy people are out for a cruise on a pleasure yacht when they are caught unexpectedly in a major storm.
  • We know the awful truth, though - that tight suit, unable to hold the middle-age spread any longer, unexpectedly burst. Times, Sunday Times
  • Off-kilter pleats, unexpectedly placed origami folds, and touches like man-tailored pockets in a gown graced the runway of Vera Wang. The Look of Vera Wang
  • He found he had struck it rich when he unexpectedly inherited some money from his aunt.
  • Then, suddenly, the colours vanished, to be unexpectedly replaced with a field of short, green grass.
  • Rather, his heroes are angst-ridden anti-heroes, his stories those of alienated men who unexpectedly find themselves with blood of their own, and others, on their hands.
  • He walks slowly and in a cattishly soft manner, as if he wants to hide or unexpectedly attack someone.
  • Though his worst nightmare became harsh reality, something unexpectedly wonderful emerged from it. The Sun
  • Featuring some of the sassiest veterans of RuPaul's Drag Race as professors of fabulousness, RuPaul's Drag U each week coaches three "biological women" with self-esteem issues to "unleash their inner diva" in a raucous, hilariously ribald and often unexpectedly touching crash course in self-acceptance and confidence building. Matt's Picks: Week of June 20-23
  • My subconscious absences countermarch and unexpectedly just escalators a thigh, the ground of foot suddenly trembled to quiver.
  • Having to pay out unexpectedly for car repairs made a big hole in my savings.
  • My hand was unexpectedly clutching the stone tightly as I stuffed the paper back in the bottle.
  • Unexpectedly, a great variety of shapes is obtained by a small variation in the basic function.
  • We unexpectedly flushed a wisp of snipe.
  • The analysis of as such as a pure connective, liberated both from its antecedent and from its target of predication, may also apply to many of the examples where the antecedent and the modified noun phase are unexpectedly inaccessible.
  • The tale of how He coming unexpectedly home found Him with Her was then put through its paces with such skilful jockeying that not one in ten would know it for the same dobbin so lately brought limping to the light. The Henchman
  • The dominant services sector, which accounts for twothirds of output, has also been unexpectedly weak. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lives of everyone involved are unraveled: from Carlin Leander, the fifteen-year-old girl who is as loyal as she is proud, to Betsy Chase, a woman running from her own destiny; from August Pierce, a boy who unexpectedly finds courage in his darkest hour, to Abel Grey, the police officer who refuses to let unspeakable actions -- both past and present -- slide by without notice. The River King: Summary and book reviews of The River King by Alice Hoffman.
  • Perhaps that's not a recommendation, but imagine how harrowing your life would be if you had a disorder that meant you were unexpectedly yanked from the present time into some other time during your lifespan, regardless of your present situation? Reading, Young and Old
  • She died unexpectedly of a heart attack.
  • As usual, a couple of gold medallists will pop up unexpectedly.
  • I slept a bit earlier than the other two, but was nevertheless surprised to come down the next morning at the advanced hour of 10:30 and not even see the normally-matutinal D downstairs she'd got up earlier and then gone back to bed for an unexpectedly-prolonged snooze. Bristol and back, with extras
  • Lung cancer, for instance, might start as a spicular nodule in the lung, then unmoor itself and ambulate unexpectedly into the brain. The Emperor of All Maladies
  • Unexpectedly, tracking of Gln-AMP formation utilizing an alpha-32P-labeled ATP substrate in the presence of tRNA (2'HGln) showed that AMP accumulates 5-fold more rapidly than Gln-AMP. Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It?
  • He is in from height merely ice bewail, be at a loss unexpectedly rise.
  • Now, if something intervenes unexpectedly during the performance of this habitual activity, especially some opposition, some superfluous cajolement, correction, or similar thing, the intoxicated actor is thrown completely out of gear, and can not be restored to it, nor is he able properly to oppose this obstacle. Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
  • This had all the makings of another long-running acrimonious dispute, when again wider political events quite unexpectedly overtook the controversy.
  • But a hit-and-run driver unexpectedly gets in the way, leaving our detective hero to solve the case. The Sun
  • Unexpectedly, Tobi was stuck with two young boys to take care of.
  • Luckily, a cottage at Gracewood became available unexpectedly.
  • Their first single opens with a loping reggae rhythm topped off with barbershop quartet harmonies, before unexpectedly exploding into big-band jazz.
  • People sicken and die unexpectedly, often just as the reader - like the writer - gets to know them.
  • Going out one morning I met unexpectedly the scorching breath of the kamsin wind, and fearing that I should faint under the horrible sensations which it caused, I returned to my rooms. Eothen
  • The host attacked the city unexpectedly.
  • It seemed like a long time since the stone had unexpectedly come down the blowhole, and he and Bob had started yelling for help. THREE IN ONE
  • For goods that have not before been commoditized, though, there's a lot of uncharacterized market risk, and only firms whose model revolves around large volumes at thin margin will bear the risk of the good becoming a commodity unexpectedly soon. The Creation of Ritual Goods, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • There were still improvisatori who would turn you topical verses on any subject, and who, on the very evening of Derby-day, could rhyme the winner when unexpectedly asked by the audience to do so. Without Prejudice
  • They are working hard; they are working hard for nest eggs for that day when they can retire and live that good life they've been told is due them, if they're still in good health when that day comes or if they don't get fired suddenly or downsized or outplaced or forced to take an early retirement unexpectedly. My Little Red Top, You've Got Me Spinning...Spinning A-round
  • She was among 15 tourists hurt when a convoy of horses pulling carriages along the steep mountain paths from the glacier bolted unexpectedly, throwing the passengers to the ground.
  • She's pretty, he thinks unexpectedly, but the thought is lost as her words penetrate.
  • The two unexpectedly discover that the killings are connected to a group of former computer business tycoons turned religious fanatics.
  • The film was unexpectedly cinematic, lending a savage beauty to the east Midlands suburbs where it was set.
  • Unexpectedly, the new Israeli government that had been discounted by so many commentators because it is not led by a politician with an extensive military experience (some experience Olmert had, like most Israelis, but he is no Sharon), is acting tough with the “international community” and, in particular, the Europeans, whose representatives emerged looking rather sheepish from the round of talks this week-end. “ Put up or shut up
  • No more scrambling to find a blank tape when you unexpectedly come across an interesting programme that's just starting - simply hit record.
  • He still remembers the day when a deer unexpectedly attacked a former zoo official, seriously wounding him in the arm.
  • But he's facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from ecce ntric young conservative Christine O'Donnell, who has the endorsements of conservative kingmakers DeMint and Sarah Palin. Arlen Specter's Revenge
  • THE family of a muscular dystrophy sufferer who died unexpectedly last month hope to raise 1,200 for his funeral. The Sun
  • A MAN WITH an enormous handlebar mustache and an even more enormous potbelly and a pipe between his lips was staring at the girl who had so unexpectedly appeared in his office. Bubble in the Bathtub
  • Reprogrammed to deal with the unexpectedly strong current, the first seaglider also made its way from the whale breathing hole to the polynya region. Research robots roam the Ross Sea

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