Sentence examples for made the unexpectedly from inspiring English sources

Still, Mr. Jackson, one of Hollywood's boldest directors, made the unexpectedly timid decision to present "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in a standard format here — it was not even in 3-D — because he feared an online outcry that could hurt box-office results.

The desire to recall but not retreat into that past is what makes "The Next Next Level" unexpectedly universal, even if you find both lines of work (journalism, rap) distant or strange.

They had a good chance that they didn't take and, in the end, the quality of the players who came on and our experience made the difference, unexpectedly.

Read the review There are times at the moment when almost every production seems to be about showbiz in some way, but Duncan Macmillan's play made the most unexpectedly bleak and powerful use of a backstage setting by charting the progress through treatment for addiction (to drink, drugs and possibly sex) of an actress who imploded during a Chekhov performance.

When I called to say that I would be flying up to see him, my father made the expected but unexpectedly feeble attempt to dismiss my urgency as baseless and my visit as gratuitous, yet, as soon as I walk into the bedroom, I can tell he is happy to have me there.

In an electorate that was a quarter African American, the improvement in Sanders' margin was enough to make the race unexpectedly competitive for him.

But what makes the film unexpectedly moving and memorable is Mel Gibson's high-wire performance as a man whose mind has been chemically deranged by a renegade government agency.

The play may have a bewildering ending — and, sad to say, a shallow performance from Moore, who can't seem to make an emotional connection to the big concepts she mouths — but Nighy's majestic performance sheds enough light to make the evening unexpectedly memorable.