[
UK
/sˈʌdənli/
]
[ US /ˈsədənɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈsədənɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
happening unexpectedly
suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side -
quickly and without warning
he stopped suddenly -
on impulse; without premeditation
he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment
he made up his mind suddenly
How To Use suddenly In A Sentence
- I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
- But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. The (Rock) Stars Are Aligned
- The clergyman and his son pricked up their ears at this, photography being with them only a degree less absorbing a pastime than that of walking; Ron awoke suddenly to the remembrance that his half-plate camera had never been unpacked since his arrival; and the three vied with each other in asking questions about the proposed excursion, and in urging that a date should be fixed. Big Game A Story for Girls
- We had been talking and laughing a great deal for more than half an hour when suddenly the lady burst into tears.
- Well, suddenly without any warning, a couple of weeks ago, men and machines arrived and started digging up the road and pavement and generally causing the usual traffic chaos.
- Suddenly I heard a clash of metal on metal which brought me out of my thoughts - I looked up and found I could see two people fencing ahead.
- Some putz suddenly takes the stage to announce me and exclaim excitedly that this was my ‘largest sold-out crowd to date!’.
- Aidan squeaked, with an added stutter because he was suddenly nervous.
- Just before Chiswick Bridge he suddenly wrenched the wheel round to the right. Times, Sunday Times
- You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that.