Out-of-the-blue Definition

adverb

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning or preparation.

After I hadn’t heard from her in six months, she called me out of the blue to meet for lunch.
I really can't understand how something like this could simply pop up out of the blue.
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Out-of-the-blue Sentence Examples

  • Then out of the blue came the call from a sticky-sweet state worker informing the Deans that Martha would be picked up on Saturday morning—this was Thursday—for the introductory reunion.

  • Then out of the blue came the call from a sticky-sweet state worker informing the Deans that Martha would be picked up on Saturday morning—this was Thursday—for the introductory reunion.

  • The rupture usually occurs out of the blue playing badminton or squash in a man in his forties.

  • As such they were vulnerable and prone to attack out of the blue by merciless bandits who were renowned and ruthless murderers.

  • Then, out of the blue came a flock of very noisy austral parakeets.

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