bolt from the blue
Example Sentences
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For Denise it came as a bolt from the blue.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
And until Lowry’s bolt from the blue on Saturday, there had been only three holes-in-one over the past half-century at No. 6, a hole named Juniper that has been playing over par for the week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Except that Combs is hardly a bolt from the blue, having served on JPMorgan’s board since 2016.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
One can’t say that the change was a bolt from the blue, because Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has telegraphed his intention to revisit the causes of autism for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
The armistice fell upon the Italians as a bolt from the blue, convincing them that they had been betrayed; on all sides despair drove them to sacrifice their jealously guarded independence to national unity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
