Our expectations strongly structure what we see, but do not wholly eliminate unexpected sights... Our categorizations and expectations guide by orienting us selectively towards the future; they set us, in particular, to perceive in certain ways and not in others. (religion-online.org)
He was such a totally unexpected sight, and he thoroughly delighted me and set my wheels spinning. (bookbrowse.com)
The physics world is buzzing with news of an unexpected sighting at Fermilab's Tevatron collider in Illinois — a glimpse of an unidentified particle that, should it prove to be real, will radically alter physicists» prevailing ideas about how nature works and how particles get their mass. (newscientist.com)