How To Use Abruptness In A Sentence
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The word rankled now that Charmian had spoken out with such almost impertinent abruptness.
The Way of Ambition
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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
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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
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I’m annoyed at his abruptness, which is even worse than usual.
Disenchanted Princess
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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
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The choice of words, the degree of abruptness, formality, friendliness, and softness all may have ethical dimensions.
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He permitted himself to think that it was the abruptness of events that bothered him.
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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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Can reflect the important trait of goodwife grade, still include arrangement to be in aside fireplace, although be in southern, but fireplace a bit of white does not appear abruptness.
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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
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The abruptness of the closure announcement has left them shocked and desperately searching for an alternative venue.
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Concerns about the role of natural selection and the recognition that origin "abruptness" calls for theoretical revisions is reflected in Newman's views.
Telic Thoughts
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The U.S. S.ate Department Monday expressed surprise at the -- quote -- "abruptness" and said other countries face their own decisions on whether to stay or go.
CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2004
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'My dear,' erelong again began Mrs. Pryor, a sort of timid, embarrassed abruptness marking her manner as she spoke, 'the young, especially those to whom nature has been favourable - often - frequently - anticipate - look forward to - to marriage as the end, the goal of their hopes.'
Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
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With the abruptness of a striking cobra, Noah backhands him across his face.
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Major resentments in the fleet flare up without the need for groundwork or foreshadowing, and go silent with equal abruptness.
MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica
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Even in these days of rapid technological change, the abruptness of this transition was unusual.
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The abruptness of the ending raises the question of whether this was where the script was going from the beginning, or whether screenwriter Steven Katz felt that there was nothing else left to do.
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Then suddenly it turned parallel with the edge of a steep-walled gap, which came without warning, like the ha-ha of an English park, turned with an unexpected abruptness.
The Sayers of the Law
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I was taken back by the abruptness of his answer.
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Although they had long feared for the future of their club, they were not prepared for the abruptness of the end.
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Contrasting the abruptness of earthquakes is the slow drift of tectonic plates.
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Timon changes from benevolence to sour misanthropy with a many inartistic abruptness, many readers feel.
Archive 2009-11-01
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The notion that bureaucratic infighting and occasional abruptness of manner should disqualify one from high office is laughable.