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suddenly

[ UK /sˈʌdənli/ ]
[ US /ˈsədənɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. happening unexpectedly
    suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side
  2. quickly and without warning
    he stopped suddenly
  3. 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.
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