sudden
IPA: sˈʌdʌn
noun
- (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
adjective
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
- (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
adverb
- (poetic) Suddenly.
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Examples of "sudden" in Sentences
- There was a sudden disruption.
- The man sobbed all of a sudden.
- The car whizzed all of a sudden.
- The change was sudden and abrupt.
- The boy shrieked all of a sudden.
- The door clicked all of a sudden.
- The demise of the line was sudden.
- Is he omniscient all of the sudden
- The crash was caused by sudden deceleration.
- All of a sudden, there was the sound of ping.
- Why all of the sudden is there a fanboy following for Ryan Gosling?
- Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman have written an excellent book on what they call sudden personality change, or "snapping."
- But the term sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, wasn't coined until the 1960s when it was declared a medical disorder.
- Why all the sudden is a public health option which would compete with private insurers be such a bad thing? gl, Pittsburgh
- The term sudden infant death syndrome (Sids) was introduced in 1969 as a recognised category of natural death that carried no implication of blame for bereaved parents.
- The term sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was introduced in 1969 as a recognised category of natural death that carried no implication of blame for bereaved parents.
- There is the clean sweep of the sudden revelation; there is the conspicuous use of the word "sudden"; there is the replacement of youthful optimism with middle-aged alienation.
- "Why all of a sudden is there a great big rush?" asked Eve Zindorf, a member of the Karington Advisory Board, which is supposed to be alerted when the developer wants to make substantial changes to the project.
- This time Mr. Bush spoke of what he called a sudden thaw after decades of political stagnation in the Middle East, citing recent elections in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories and promising support for reformers elsewhere.
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