Abruptly

//əˈbɹʌp.li//

"Abruptly" in a Sentence (12 examples)

The story concluded abruptly.

The car turned abruptly.

The taxi abruptly turned left.

His untidy room announced that he had abruptly departed.

He backed abruptly away.

He interrupted us abruptly.

He was making a speech, but he abruptly stopped speaking when he heard a strange noise.

Tom stopped abruptly.

When a thunderstorm suddenly came out of the blue, she jumped abruptly out of the hammock and ran headlong into the house where she stopped short, remembering suddenly that she had no lightning rod, and because she realized at once that this sudden onrush of a thunderstorm could end her life before she could say Jack Robinson, she became sore afraid.

If these drugs are stopped abruptly, then some withdrawal symptoms may occur.

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The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.

After weeks of speculation and intracoalitional debate, the text of the compromise was released on Sept. 21. By Sept. 27, the coalition had fallen apart, with Manchin somewhat abruptly pulling what had become known as the side deal from a must-pass budget resolution.

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