Literary notes about unanticipated (AI summary)
In literature, "unanticipated" is used to signal moments of surprise or abrupt change that propel the narrative in unforeseen directions. Authors often evoke this term to highlight events or discoveries that disrupt expectations—an unexpected meeting that alters destinies ([1]), the sudden emergence of wondrous sights amid routine settings ([2]), or unforeseen setbacks that challenge a character's adaptability ([3], [4]). This careful use of language infuses stories with tension and poignancy, underscoring how quickly circumstances can shift and how deeply such moments can affect both personal trajectories and broader plot developments ([5], [6]).
- This is what had taken place before that unanticipated nocturnal interview between Véretyeff and Vladímir Sergyéitch.
— from First love, and other stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - I watched them alight (carriages were inadmissible) amidst new and unanticipated splendours.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë - Was it prudence coming rather late, or unanticipated poverty?
— from Isabel Clarendon, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Gissing - It was very sudden—entirely unanticipated—although I had been suspecting disease of the heart.
— from Hubert's WifeA Story for You by Minnie Mary Lee - and we wondered at this unanticipated success.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various - A sound out of place, so to speak, or unanticipated, strikes upon the ear more forcibly than when expected.
— from Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley
