The phrase
"surprising turn" means that something unexpected or unexpected happened or changed in a situation, story, or event.
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He stages the frequent sex scenes in a fashion so rudimentary even Zalman King would find them tedious, which admittedly is a
rather surprising turn of events considering this is the same guy who made the legitimately steamy After Dark, My Sweet back in 1990.
But the book takes a rather
surprising turn when Besançon discusses how icons came to be, in the author's view, fetishized by the Orthodox churches, especially by Russian nationalists» the most flagrant case being Joseph Stalin's order that icons be displayed in Moscow the day after Hitler's invasion of Russia in 1941 to whip up nationalist fervor in his atheist state.
Ng's writing is haunting and sensual,
with surprising turns of phrase that please me as a writer and reader («loved - baby scent, «impale itself on the shadow»).
But perhaps the most
surprising turn on election night was the unseating of Ward 3 Alderman Charlie Landi, a Democrat, by 27 - year - old first - time candidate Republican Nate Horowitz.
The quest to uncover the φ Code, as I'll call it, provides a story with almost as
many surprising turns, puzzles, and false leads as The Da Vinci Code.
Unsurprisingly, Daniel Day - Lewis took Best Actor for Lincoln with the night's most self - deprecating speech, poking fun at his own Method reputation, while in a
more surprising turn Emmanuelle Riva took Best Actress for Amour, which also took Film Not In The English Language.
All too often the early -
season surprise turns out to be a mirage: See the 2003 Royals,»05 Orioles and the»08 Marlins.
This odd, silly melodrama starts out like a maudlin musical but takes a
few surprising turns and winds up an off - kilter, Pre-Code classic.
In a
fairly surprising turn of events, the humans wishing to free themselves of the Deathless rule are played as the antagonists, ruthless in their quest to destroy the Gods and those that believe in them.
The
real surprise turned out to be the audience at the wrapping booth, says Larry Ginestra, Wrap - It - Up chairman.
Any problems with a home should be either repaired or disclosed, and I always advise my clients to do so, as last
minute surprises turned up by home inspections often cause a sale to fall through.
In a
somewhat surprising turn of events, the line has actually moved back towards Chicago since re-opening and betting percentages on San Fran have gone down.
Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn and a
rather surprising turn by Jared Leto round things out in support, and it could all be a prescription for a success.
Amongst all its glittering comic book movie reveals, Comic Con 2016's
biggest surprise turned out to be that Adam Wingard's -LSB-...]
What were the most
surprising turn of events during this morning's nomination announcements for the 88th annual Academy Awards?
But it is when the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its
most surprising turn.
The unconfirmed but rampant gossip of BB's Android exploration takes an even
more surprising turn, as a fishy Lollipop - powered Passport render emerges.
In a
very surprising turn of events, nuclear disarmament has been unlocked on Steam, although users are not entirely sure how this happened as it seems that there
Ezra Miller — «The Perks of Being a Wallflower» One of the year's most
pleasant surprises turned out to be «The Perks of Being a Wallflower,» an on - the - surface unpromising - looking coming - of - age tale that proved to be honest, authentic and emotionally charged in all the right ways.
The move marks
a surprising turn of events for both companies.
February 14, Austin, Texas — In
a surprising turn, Donald Trump's «brand» (No. 4) sits with IBM (No. 3) atop a hefty list of Ambushers at the PyeongChang Winter Games.
A surprising turn has materialized, however, and it is in the form...
In
a surprising turn of events, peer - to - peer car rental platform CarAmigo has reached an agreement with the Belgian government regarding the taxation of this service for the car owners and platform customers.
There's no doubt that what just occurred was
a surprising turn of events.
Even the Messiah had to adjust his schedule when events took
a surprising turn.
We must take
that surprising turn in the garden path.
who grew up in kind, confident fundamentalism and whose faith has taken new and
surprising turns.
Made this tonight, forgot to add butter, and
surprising it turned out great.
Sweet tea is a good beverage but makes
a surprise turn as a fried chicken marinade.
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