How to Use unexpected in a Sentence

unexpected

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• I'm sad that she's leaving, but it was not unexpected.
• For the Angels, hope can come in unexpected places, like the corner of the team store.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• The loss is due to unexpected cost overruns on a core project.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
• Kendall Jenner just stepped out in one of the year's hottest and most unexpected trends: clunky clogs.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2022
• The post says that Redd had an unexpected rapid decline in his health.
  — Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2023
• Our connection and the timing of it all was so unexpected and felt meant to be from the start.
  — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
• The acclaim of Euzhan’s first film was unexpected, to say the least.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Nov. 2022
• His death was unexpected, the team said in a statement, and a cause of death has not yet been announced.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022
• Both of those things in their way are unexpected, right?
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
• The one the Longhorns’ interim coach got Sunday might have been one of the most unexpected.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Lancelot, still the Round Table’s greatest hero, is a bit of a cold fish with an unexpected role to play as the saga winds to its close.
  — Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• Brazil’s elections have been warped in the past by unexpected events.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
• Its run was somewhat unexpected, even after the end of May, when the Tigers sat just two games above .500.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022
• Their last show took place in Athens just a week before Doss’ unexpected death of an aneurysm.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
• One of her favorite ways to have some fun in this space is with more unexpected color plays and prints.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2023
• Her step into the spotlight as a member of the Bling cast was unexpected.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 18 May 2022
• The ribbed texture of the table side is unexpected and delightful, while the chunky legs are just the right amount of playful.
  — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
• The 38-10 loss to the Demon Deacons was not unexpected.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• This could be a surprise bill or an unexpected expense that pops up over the next few weeks.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2022
• But its slow rise to No. 1 after 59 weeks on the chart, the longest climb in chart history, was unexpected to say the least.
  — Steven Edelstone, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2022
• With the crop’s resurgence, the Lowcountry is in the midst of an unexpected, blue-hued revival.
  — Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
• Get a plan that includes the unexpected Kathryn Ellywicz doesn't just make a list of who will get a gift.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022
• This makes its New York City takeover even more unexpected.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
• Your own four walls are the main arena for any of today's unexpected events.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
• And then there’s the unexpected — like a downtown housing boom that shows no sign of dying down.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2022
• The event has a miscellaneous mishmash feel, but that adds the excitement of the unexpected to the evenings.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
• The panels, laid face-down and flat on a worktable, were subject to an unexpected type of cleaning.
  — Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• The move was not unexpected as the team faced a 1 p.m. deadline to become cap compliant.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Last month, The Rock and Cena formed an unexpected alliance.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• Although Rose had been more than 80 years old, her death was completely unexpected.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025