Sentence examples for gained unexpected from inspiring English sources
AMSTERDAM — Some of the most visited brothels in Amsterdam's red-light district have gained unexpected new neighbors.
Running in a heavily Democratic district that includes portions of Brooklyn and Queens, Mr. Turner has gained unexpected traction in framing the race as a referendum on President Obama and his fiscal policies.
That push gained unexpected momentum on Tuesday when President Andrzej Duda of Poland declared before the General Assembly that he expected his government to legally join the deal this year.
I gained unexpected influence: Who would have guessed that an atmospheric physicist would have the power to shut down one of the world's largest mining pits when ash falling from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, threatened both workers and expensive equipment?
With pulling up stakes looking pretty good to some people right now, National Geographic Channel's big new techno-colonial docudrama "Mars" has gained unexpected timeliness.
Just when it seemed the legal onslaught against the Affordable Care Act was over, another lawsuit against key provisions of the 2010 healthcare law has gained unexpected traction.
Not only that, she said, they can also gain unexpected research insights.
The Donna Summer-referencing I've Got Your Music gains unexpected poignancy from the artist's recent death.
After winning the Palme d'Or from Quentin Tarantino's Cannes jury in 2004, it made the unexpected leap from arthouse to mainstream, gaining unexpected support from ordinary citizens whose spouses, sons, daughters, brother and sisters were soldiers in the field.
And now a rarity -- a young Republican Assembly candidate from Montclair -- is gaining unexpected attention because of his unusual (for an aspiring state legislator) background, his enviable connections and his association with another Republican who defied expectations, Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Splügen was not the only Walser settlement to gain unexpected wealth from its location.
