Vivek Murthy

When I was younger, my family suddenly and unexpectedly lost all of our life savings to a man we had trusted as a friend. The financial loss was difficult, especially because my sister and I were both in college. But the breach of trust was even more painful.

American Public Servant

Paul Auster

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

American Author

Susan Orlean

I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift.

American Journalist

Todd Haynes

I love stories of love cropping up unexpectedly in life almost as a problem, as something you don't ask for. Something that messes everything up and makes you rethink everything.

American Director

D. H. Lawrence

Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

English Writer

Bernard Sumner

There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.

English Musician

Colleen Atwood

I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly.

American Designer

Dennis Christopher

I've had a 'Zelig'-like career. I pop up unexpectedly. I'm always kind of around.

American Actor

Sobhita Dhulipala

Being a part of 'Mothoon' was unexpectedly character-building.

Indian Actress

Arthur Erickson

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

Canadian Architect

Indicates a strong emotional reaction due to something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.

Emotional Impact

Used to describe a plot twist in stories that catches readers or viewers off guard.

Narrative Twists

Signals a disruption of the usual order or expectations of events.

Event Disruption

Can be used to express a positive outcome that was not anticipated.

Positive Surprises

The word itself doesn’t imply if the unexpected outcome is good or bad.

Neutral Connotation

Suggests events occurred without plans or preparations.

Often Unplanned

Used when the pace or rhythm of an activity or event changes suddenly.

Change of Pace

 that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.

The secret lives of baby...

 But it's not. All detritus is ultimately consumed by microbes and other scavengers, so it actually forms the base of the brown food chain that supports many other organisms, including us. Scientists are learning that this detritus is an unexpectedly huge energy source,

Dead stuff: The secret...

 This little bump was unique. This little bump indicated that we were seeing an unexpectedly large number of collisions whose debris consisted of only two photons, two particles of light. And that's rare. Particle collisions are not like automobile collisions.

How we explore...

 based on what's in them. The flip side of perception is turning a concept into something out there into the world. So over the past year, our work on machine perception has also unexpectedly connected with the world of machine creativity and machine art.

How computers are...

 Advances in technology have created excitement around a future of personalized medicine driven by mechanical nanobots. But thanks to billions of years of evolution we may already have a starting point in the unexpectedly biological form of bacteria.

Hacking bacteria to...

 light on because I know what it's like to spend most of your career in the dark it wasn't very long ago I had been laid off unexpectedly for the second time I was middle-aged with zero income with a wife and three kids that were looking up

The Primary Color...

 that could flex with the blows of sharp spears and maces, protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks. These hardy structures were made not from iron or steel, but rather something unexpectedly cotton.

Why is cotton in...

 worlds housed in refugee camps the Padang have drawn crowds of Western tourists who travel to witness their ancient ways unexpectedly what was once a persecuted mark of identity is now a

Neck Stretching PIPE...

 caught between two countries and two worlds housed in refugee camps the Padang have drawn crowds of Western tourists who travel to witness their ancient ways unexpectedly what was once

Why Do These Women...

 of albumin all contained and supported by a loose soft bag and unexpectedly it's this bag the membrane not the shell that gives the egg its shape

Unexpectedly