Sentence examples for an unexpected element from inspiring English sources

His work always has an unexpected element to it.

There were no Jimmy Choo stilettos or Prada bags, but there was an unexpected element of hipness.

Among the 1.8 million Albanians in Kosovo, however, the election looks much as usual, except for an unexpected element: a new party, the "Party of the Strong".

In fact, the model is so evidently and fascinatingly ugly in the way she has been painted that she perhaps has an unexpected element of beauty to her, lolling on the sofa in an uncomfortable way.

"They introduce an unexpected element into situations where a terrorist might be planning an attack," said Rafi Ron, the former chief of security for Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel, who is now a transportation security consultant.

It is an unexpected element of the higher education and research bill now going through parliament, and fits into the government's agenda of increasing competition and student choice, and its desire to encourage social mobility.

"In order to discover any unexpected element detrimental to the operation," it says, "it is necessary, prior to execution of the operation, to rehearse it in a place similar to that of the real operation".

Mr. Witt is fond of rounding out a dish with an extra, unexpected element or two, like the white chocolate and parsnip purée that accompanied another beef entree.

But then something solid struck the palate, introducing a wholly unexpected element — a chunk of what tasted like smoked eel.

She and Mr. Stapf also mentioned a somewhat unexpected element: humor.

Much of it came from a laptop sitting next to another unexpected element of his live show: a drummer, Matt Maraldo.