Sentence examples for almost as unexpected from inspiring English sources

Guests turned around and saw something almost as unexpected as a groomsman with a bullwhip and fedora: a man in a dinner jacket acting as the flower girl.

The geographic spread of the slave owners who were resident in Britain in 1834 was almost as unexpected as the gender breakdown.

Freedom's call Test case A new chapter From gold to lead Coco futures Reprints Related items CFO in focus, October 2008Oct 17th 2008Even as they battle to stay afloat, many CFOs are haunted by past errors, thanks to an event almost as unexpected as the collapse of the financial system: the sudden reversal of the dollar's seemingly permanent decline.

This always startles me, almost as unexpected as me finding myself on my knees.

But as the Giants move into the most difficult stretch of their schedule, a development that is almost as unexpected (and altogether less pleasant) has also emerged: the Giants are a mediocre running team.

"Something Ventured," a film showing in the festival's "Spotlight Premieres" category, brings something almost as unexpected from the normally critical documentary world: a sympathetic eye for the achievements of big business.

This is an unexpected exit, almost as dramatic as the resignation of the top two executives at Barclays this summer.

And then, almost as quickly as the (albeit unexpected) Good News came, some really bad news took its place.

Almost as much as I love the unexpected illuminations of Adorno's thought and the elegant detachment of his prose, I love the sensation of elevated vigilance that comes from not having any notion of what he might do next.

Each segment pulled or pushed the narrative in slightly unexpected directions, keeping me guessing almost as much as you.

This is in part because, almost as surprising as Murray's scoring outburst itself, the way in which he delivered it was unexpected as well.