Horrified at the suddenness and severity of the attack, we carried him into the kitchen, where he lay back in a large chair, and breathed heavily for some minutes.
Source: tatoeba (7008333)
Suddenness
Synonyms for "suddenness" (40 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Noun(7 words)
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11 entriesemergencehastehastinesshurriednesshurrylinguistic featureonsetprecipitationpropertyqualitystylistic device
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6 entriesabrupt onsetacute onsetdramatic pauseinstant onsetplot twistprecipitous onset
Collocations
6 entriesabrupt onsetdegree of suddennessrapid onsetsuddenness of changesuddenness of deathsuddenness of onset
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6 total sentences available.
With dramatic suddenness he struck a match, and by its light exposed a stain of blood upon the whitewashed wall.
Source: tatoeba (7483239)
Here we find that mustang humor of his forever kicking its silver heels with the most upsetting suddenness into the honeyed sweetness of his flowing poetry.
Source: tatoeba (11896672)
The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.
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