Sentence examples for unexpected position from inspiring English sources

As a result, Stevens is now in the unexpected position of shaping the court's liberal jurisprudence.

All of which leaves the Giants in a most unexpected position in early November -- first in the N.F.C.

Harvey, having turned 40, now finds himself in the unexpected position of having become an elder statesmen.

"It's difficult — an unexpected position, I think," he said of the club's paltry 13-point tally this season.

Along with "Where Are Ü Now," his singles "What Do You Mean?" and "Sorry" put him in an unexpected position, pumping out effortless sentimental Tropicália.

This isn't an unexpected position for Steiner - who has written extensively on translation and "the polyglot condition" in general - to take.

Benoist's peculiar definition of "diversity" has allowed him to take some unexpected positions.

"I had a vision of objects floating through space and arriving in a scene from the most unexpected positions," he said.

With jokes, candor and some unexpected positions -- a focus on racial reconciliation, which he mentions in nearly every speech, and support for a ban on soft money -- he has also made a surprising number of friends in the media.

Re "Attack on Lott's Remarks Has Come From Variety of Voices on the Right" (news article, Dec. 17): You suggest that my comments on Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" strongly criticizing Senator Trent Lott's controversial remarks were an example of "a bizarre world with various guests taking wholly unexpected positions".

Representatives of a number of organizations made speeches and took "some rather unexpected positions," says Halliday.