Sentence examples for unexpectedly popular from inspiring English sources

Voyeurism meets paranoia in a remarkable nerve-striking parable that proved unexpectedly popular.

He was unexpectedly popular with the majority of the 13,000 workmen at the Creusot steel works.

His relations with his brother Domitian were bad, but in other ways his short rule was unexpectedly popular in Rome.

They were a classy 1960s curiosity, praised by John Peel and unexpectedly popular with US rock audiences.

Leonard Stern's regime proved unexpectedly popular with the cantankerous Voice staff, including the investigative reporter Wayne Barrett.

Today, though, muscat wine is largely misunderstood, plagued by a confusion of identities and in danger of slipping into obscurity — except in one unexpectedly popular guise.

Metal and Its Many Tributaries One of the most unexpectedly consistently popular bands on the Billboard Rock Albums chart is Five Finger Death Punch, a ham-handed agit-metal outfit whose new album, "American Capitalist" (Prospect Park), made its debut at No. 2 on the Top Rock Albums chart, and at No. 3 on the overall album chart.

The point is not just that a more historically minded premier would have been alerted to episodes – such as the Kurdish uprising against British rule in 1920, or the unexpectedly strong popular resistance to the invasion – that pose clear warnings to the foreign invader.

One popular place, unexpectedly, is a Chase Bank branch on Third Avenue, which has been opening its doors to anyone, allowing them to bring their dogs inside, charge their phones, use the bathroom and Internet, and get free water and coffee.

While the Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore, who has died unexpectedly aged 58, won popular acclaim for his work with the band Thin Lizzy, the scope of his talents reached far beyond mainstream hard rock.

Even better would be for someone to follow the example of the great Brazilian innovator Augusto Boal by allowing a play to erupt unexpectedly in some busy popular restaurant.