| 1 | An unusual painting arrested his attention. | |
| 2 | For the past month or more, she had been unusually happy and had been really throwing herself into her work. | |
| 3 | He noticed that I was unusually quiet and knew something must be wrong; he always knew. | |
| 4 | The instability of politics, the turbulence of society and depression of economy bought the unusual change in ideology. | |
| 5 | These weather patterns - the mix of unusually dry and unusually wet - are reflected in plant growth throughout the month. |