abruptness

How To Use abruptness In A Sentence

• The word rankled now that Charmian had spoken out with such almost impertinent abruptness. The Way of Ambition
• No sooner did they feel quite convinced that he was indifferent about his practice than they at once appreciated his services; what had been called abruptness now became truth and sincerity He was declared to be like Dr. Abernethy -- wonderfully clever, though slightly brusque in manner. Wife in Name Only
• The abruptness of the style and the repetitions express the agitation of the prophet's mind in foreseeing these calamities. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
• I’m annoyed at his abruptness, which is even worse than usual. Disenchanted Princess
• I handed him a fold of notes and he pushed away from me arriving at the check-in desk with a toe-stubbing abruptness. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
• The choice of words, the degree of abruptness, formality, friendliness, and softness all may have ethical dimensions.
• He permitted himself to think that it was the abruptness of events that bothered him.
• Miss Milray," said Clementina, with a kind of abruptness, "do you eva hear anything from Dr. Welwright? Ragged Lady — Volume 2
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• If he roused himself from his brooding and began to talk, he always spoke with a kind of abruptness and never of what he really wanted to say. The Brothers Karamazov