Adjective : They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation. From Dictionary.com.
What had wrought this marvelous and unlooked-for change?. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
The affair was at length decided in an unlooked-for manner. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
A dead silence followed upon this unlooked-for announcement. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
It presented him with an entirely new and unlooked-for problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
A pleasure which will be gratified in an unlooked-for manner. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
There is one victory which leads to a most unlooked-for discovery. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
The mystery of the Boche's unlooked-for strength was explained by a. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
He was considerably overcome by this unlooked-for mark of her favor. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
The Malay, confused by the unlooked-for action, slashed down at him. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
Words, even mere things, can pop up with such unlooked-for allusions. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
What a country of verdure and shade is Japan; what an unlooked-for Eden!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And then suddenly there was added to their perils an unlooked-for danger. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
And he was very happy now -- flushed with a vast and unlooked-for success. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Wall] Reference
It was such an unlooked-for sight that they almost staggered at the scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
One of our unlooked-for visitors sat on the chair near the old grand piano, and. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
The unlooked-for sight of that well-loved name brought the blood into my cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"Because the loaf's only twopence-three-farthings," was the unlooked-for answer. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
An unlooked-for marriage -- for she had not a penny, and had most extravagant notions. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Much mystified and alarmed by such unlooked-for warning, he begs for an explicit statement. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
It would only be giving to the rest of the people an unlooked-for sight -- a newer pleasure, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Suddenly events of the most extraordinary nature have come crowding on me from the most unlooked-for quarters. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
I am going to see Italy -- merely a corner of it; but what a pleasure even that is, and what unlooked-for luck!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
You will receive an unlooked-for and interesting piece of news; sometimes it indicates that you have a rival. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
As, with soft cadences, he gave vent to these unlooked-for sentiments, the fashion of his countenance was changed. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
At the end of a few weeks there came the great, the unlooked-for, the unhoped-for news -- the Peace of Villafranca!. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
Netherlands, owing to unlooked-for troubles in that part of his domains, and had already despatched his envoys to the king. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Here was an unlooked-for state of affairs -- no money, and no one willing to use the rod, though she undoubtedly deserved it. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
It was then that the most unlooked-for phenomenon, which was so considerably to influence Madame Desvarennes's life, occurred. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The unlooked-for apparition brought Thad West to his feet, and so Youth and Beauty met as if hitherto they had been strangers. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
"Do you really feel that way about it, dear?" cried Elizabeth, much pleased and touched at the child's unlooked-for declaration. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
It was a precious moment, and we must try not to antagonize this unlooked-for goodwill, which will happen if Afghan civilians die. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding Islam] Reference
Tidings of unexpected occurrences, unlooked-for events, new and advantageous opportunities, sometimes new clothes or furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
But it often happens that sad and unlooked-for reverses succeed a season of long continued prosperity; and it was so in this case. From Wordnik.com. [Stories and Sketches] Reference
If Miss Merton had dealt her a blow on her upturned face, it could have hurt no more severely than had this unlooked-for reprimand. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
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