unexpectedness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Though she operates from a sophisticated intellectual background, he said, she’s ultimately interested in common experience — the unexpectedness of which leaves its imprint on her writing.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
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
You want splashes of unexpectedness and of trickery.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016
It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness of both.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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