unexpectedness

The news was all the more welcome for its very unexpectedness.

I fell to the ground, more from the unexpectedness than the hurt.

The unexpectedness of the question caught the pilot off guard.

It was the very unexpectedness of the event that had been so unusual.

The unexpectedness of this request seems to have taken the king by surprise.

He showed no surprise at the unexpectedness of her remark.

The Bible speaks clearly about the unexpectedness of his return.

The unexpectedness of it all left him breathless even now.

After a moment, though, the unexpectedness of the revelation drove her to move.

The total unexpectedness of it turned her rigid, unable to move.

The sheer unexpectedness of it had caught me off guard.

There was no end, she thought, to the unexpectedness of Katharine.

Not so much as a twitch, despite the force and the unexpectedness of it.

The unexpectedness of the thing and the way I turned in toward him, actually got my right wrist loose from his hold.

She gasped at the beauty and the unexpectedness of it.

At one moment the unexpectedness of it all elated her.

In fact, the biggest threat it poses, especially here so far from home, is simply its unexpectedness.

The unexpectedness of the question put everything else out of my mind.

She jumped with the unexpectedness of the touch, then looked up, expecting to see her mother.

She hesitated for a moment, overwhelmed by the unexpectedness of the news.

I stand frozen, too stunned by the unexpectedness of this to do anything at all.

The total unexpectedness of the attack gave them no time to set up their own counterattack.

Confront the game by finding some way to express the unexpectedness of the behaviour.

They explained that unexpectedness is a central property of ironic events.

His mind was confused, dazed by the unexpectedness of it all.