Sentence examples for called unexpectedly from inspiring English sources

Once a young priest called unexpectedly; both she and her mother fussed over him.

This week, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy called unexpectedly for a new European treaty and a second British referendum on its EU membership.

After one such escape from my never-ending story I was called unexpectedly to the editor's office where, 10 minutes into our discussion, I discovered a big pink glob of bubble gum stuck to the knee of my Levi's 501s.

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, called unexpectedly late Wednesday for a resumption of dialogue with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move that could herald a breakdown of his peace talks with Israel.

BOSTON — The stepfather of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, the American who arrived home Friday after being held for months in North Korea, said the family had been praying for some high-profile help when former President Jimmy Carter called unexpectedly last week.

Although Walpole entertained lavishly and also admitted paying visitors – sometimes retreating to a cottage across the road when overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of his public, and once evicted from his own breakfast room when a particularly grand visitor called unexpectedly – his own private rooms were always off-limits.

But they win the final victory by calling, unexpectedly, upon feeling.

"If someone calls unexpectedly claiming to be from the IRS with aggressive threats if you do not pay immediately, it is a scam artist calling.

An hour earlier, his sister had called him unexpectedly to report a dire prognosis their mother had just received.

Greenspan, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board for 18 years, presents his recollections and his views in what our reviewer, Michael Kinsley, called an "unexpectedly charming Washington insider memoir" by "one of the more interesting characters in the history of our democracy".

Kenneth Turan, writing in The Los Angeles Times, called it "unexpectedly - and successfully - darker and more serious than its predecessors", while CNN's Tom Charity called it "a confidently tongue-in-cheek piece of blockbuster engineering".