Example Sentences

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As a second-year Ph.D. student, she became pregnant unexpectantly after her contraception failed.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 1, 2022

But presently she rose, lamenting for the pair so unexpectantly dead, and thought: "What is my life good for now?"

From Twenty-Two Goblins by Ryder, Arthur William

The women could see his empty coat-sleeve flutter as he walked slowly and unexpectantly in that glorious evening light.

From Strangers and Wayfarers by Jewett, Sarah Orne

"Did you get any mail, Patty?" she asked unexpectantly.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Lazily, unexpectantly, the angler casts his line, to be only a convenient perch for the dragonflies; for the fish, save the affrighted minnows and the hungry pickerel, are as lazy as he.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)