unexpectedness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“There’s so much unexpectedness to it that as an improviser, it really keeps you in the moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
One quality Sheen’s truth-blitz has in its favor, besides its unexpectedness, is Sheen’s relative absence for most of the past decade.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
That’s the unexpectedness of “Dave,” a breakout hit of the coronavirus pandemic when people wanted — needed — to find a reason to laugh in 2020.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2021
“It’s very traumatic because of the unexpectedness of it,” said Jennifer Law, whose husband, Matthew, died of the coronavirus in Texas in November, years after serving in the Army in Iraq.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
Yet the very unexpectedness of Mama Oji’s words nagged her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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