The annual growth rate in those months was an unexpectedly strong 1.8 percent.

She held him close after, her body softer than he would have guessed, hands unexpectedly strong against his back.

They were beaten back by unexpectedly strong wind and cold temperatures.

Now and again he felt a renewed pull, sometimes unexpectedly strong, from the island.

They opened to mixed reviews but an unexpectedly strong box office.

A few weeks later, the company said sales were unexpectedly strong and would be $7.3 billion to $7.8 billion.

But sales of new homes surged 10.3 percent, to an unexpectedly strong rate.

There was a quality of passive resistance about her that seemed unexpectedly strong.

Instead the day was saved by some unexpectedly strong finishing.

If the enemy was unexpectedly strong, then the force could be withdrawn.