Sentence examples for as an uncharacteristic from inspiring English sources

Colleagues described Mr. Tan's leadership as an uncharacteristic act of courage; Mr. Tan said he simply wanted a pay raise.

The mixed messages over G.M.O.s reveal profound divisions within China's government, as well as an uncharacteristic sensitivity to public opinion.

If the American threat were an isolated tactical error, it could be excused as an uncharacteristic blunder easily fixed.

Not that this should be seen as an uncharacteristic act of selflessness, rather perhaps as an insurance policy in case Royce wins the mayoral race: then Valchek would have some leverage over Herc, who has leverage over Royce.

But I'm prepared to put that down as an uncharacteristic one-off, given that this deli and (new, first-floor) cafe also delivered what was, by some distance, this trip's best patisserie.

In March, McIlroy walked off the course midway through the second round of the Honda Classic, where he was the defending champion but well above the cut line, because of painful wisdom teeth, an act seen at the time as an uncharacteristic lapse in judgment.

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has described Google as "mortal" following an uncharacteristic blip earlier this week in the search engine's performance, and said he backs a merger of Microsoft and Yahoo to "balance" the internet advertising market.

The second seed looked troubled by injury as she hit an uncharacteristic 43 unforced errors to make victory tough for her - she was perhaps fortunate that Schiavone failed to capitalise on those mistakes to take the match 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

"An unremarkable author with no style, I achieved literary notoriety some years ago as the result of an uncharacteristic error in judgment by critics who had lost the plot".

The close presence of his own defenders William Gallas and Younes Kaboul would not have helped Friedel's cause as the American made an uncharacteristic mistake.

Such prose is uncharacteristic of the usually meticulous Ms. Brown, just as this novel feels like an uncharacteristic lapse in her career, a story told more as a melodramatic made-for-television movie than a heartfelt work of fiction.