Synonym: out of the blue, unanticipated, unexpectedly, unforeseen, unlooked-for. Similar words: let the cat out of the bag, out of the question, out of the ordinary, right off the bat, blue, in the black, blue-chip, blueberry. Meaning: adj. not anticipated. adv. in a way that was not expected.
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61. One day out of the blue (preferably when his/her parents or relatives are visiting), take off all of your clothes and announce that you have become a nudist.
62. Though always on a tight time budget, he asked me out of the blue to take a walk with him that night.
63. But the story that grabbed the most headlines in 2001 involved a Hollywood power couple who out of the blue announced they were ending what many considered was a rock-solid marriage.
64. Three boys were walking home from school one day. All of a sudden, they saw a naked lady sunbathing so of course, they stopped to look. Then, right out of the blue, one of the kids takes off running.
65. The announcement that the president of our university was quitting to go to another school hit us like a bolt out of the blue.
66. I'm the new sensation,[www.Sentencedict.com] I'm a bolt out of the blue.
67. In the introduction to the book, McCullin writes, "I used Ektachrome, and Ringo's chrome yellow shirt jumped out of the blue of his suit.
68. The bad news came like bolt out of the blue.
69. The news hit me like a bolt out of the blue. I had thought I surely passed the entrance examination.
70. There are so many things out of the blue in our life.
71. Her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue.
More similar words: let the cat out of the bag, out of the question, out of the ordinary, right off the bat, blue, in the black, blue-chip, blueberry, a blue moon, rule of thumb, black and blue, state of the art, state-of-the-art, once in a blue moon, to my way of thinking, freedom of the press, out of, on the spur of the moment, put off, cutoff, cut off, get out of, out of it, come out of, run out of, bear the brunt of, keep out of, out of date, out of work, walk out of.