Sentence examples for worked unexpectedly from inspiring English sources

In their view, the reservation of seats for women has worked unexpectedly well.

Saharan-coloured zip blousons and zebra patterns worked unexpectedly well with mohair jumpers and leather studded dog collars.

A few months ago, I felt a Southern swoon coming on as the chief executive of the company where I worked unexpectedly asked employees to join him in a conference room.

Yet despite its Ruritanian appointments process, the Lords is generally acknowledged to be working unexpectedly effectively.

The synthesis of Appalachian and Holocaust stories winds up working unexpectedly well.

Offering his Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia, the senior churchmen who run the Holy See, Pope Francis, having observed at close quarters for the past 20 months how the Vatican actually works, unexpectedly gave his Roman bureaucrats a severe dressing down.

What worked better, unexpectedly, were songs like "Ghost Story," an austere reverie involving the memory of his father, and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying," a country pastiche with a chord progression that quietly shifts along with the mood of the lyrics.

On the practical front, everything has worked out unexpectedly well: All of my moving costs were reimbursed, and I secured an apartment in advance.

But he also remembers holidays being cancelled at the last minute because one of his parents got work unexpectedly.

"I thought Psycho was an interesting choice because people are constantly saying I kill people in my work unexpectedly," says Martin, explaining his decision to unleash Hitchcock's mother-fixated maniac Norman Bates on the Swiss festival-goers.

There is also the option of ignoring orientation tools and encountering the works unexpectedly while strolling along the waterfront, browsing in shop windows or even, as in a past exhibition, using the public rest rooms.