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.

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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.
Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
And while they were in the midst of their banqueting, the door was suddenly burst open, and the Dagda stood there, with his men.
He was a highly intelligent commercial lawyer and then judge who suddenly found himself having to grind out fact after fact from nuggets of information painstakingly. Times, Sunday Times
Don't suddenly take up violent exercise after years of inactivity.
Then, suddenly, the house turned itself into a Richard Curtis film - the one in which all those hard-hearted world leaders listen to a young wee Scots lassie who tells them that, yes, they can make poverty history, now!
Suddenly a deep voice boomed out from some of the trees nearby.
I kept my eyes on them, my body tensing, and then suddenly bam!
These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
Suddenly, seeking high office, Liddy Dole was described as over-ambitious, chilly and nasty under the "syrupy" Southern accent. Caryl Rivers: Bad, Mad Michelle
Can't comprehend... He was suddenly aware of being shaken roughly. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
In the split second that their gazes locked, that same prickly sensation consumed his mind as if the blood flow to his brain had suddenly been cut off.
Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed, carrot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, -- my case was yet worse. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
I suddenly realized I was in fact wearing minging orthodontic equipment.
Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
A classic example of cleaning fan losses can be found at headlands where combine speeds suddenly drop.
Once his periodic table had been drawn, these blanks were suddenly obvious. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly they upped and moved, telling neighbours that they were emigrating to the US.
He became the icon that God had to smite to be able to save us, and suddenly the Lamb of God was smitten! FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST
I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York
Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it.
For the first time that day, a thought suddenly struck him.
Dormant until today, the Olympic tennis stadium suddenly erupted when the Greek heroine came from a set down to gain momentum in the second session.
To lose him so young, so suddenly and in such a savage way is a devastating shock to our family.
Tarja strode on, then suddenly stopped, frozen to the spot, as three figures began to materialise out of the dust. TREASON KEEP
She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.
Then, all of a sudden rising from her chair, she went over to the jug of roses, which she had placed on the writing-table, bent over the flowers with a kind of perceptible hesitation. and as suddenly came back to her seat. Maurice Guest
Suddenly the door opened and a man burst in exclaiming: ‘Trescothick's gone first ball!’
A whirling flash of sapphire suddenly rotated --- in a delirious foxtrot --- with Doc's own dizzy nimbus of gilded amber. BEHINDLINGS
As they seated themselves at table Brahms, who had been in a brown study, suddenly proffered the company an extemporaneous criticism of Ivan's music, which he tore into miscroscopic bits, and flung upon the winds of sarcasm; after which he perorated elaborately upon his own power and the perfect academic accuracy of his style. The Genius
She felt his hand grazing hers, and looked up at him, but his attention was suddenly diverted.
Suddenly his speech is fluent, his laughter rich and full. Times, Sunday Times
The bandages on his face peeled off, and the bones suddenly cracked back into alignment, and his nose cricked into place.
The flame was glorious - radiant with the colours of antique knighthood and the flashing gallantries of the past; but no substance fed it; flaring wildly, it tossed to and fro in the wind; it was suddenly put out.
Huge election posters suddenly went up all over the town.
On the other end, there's the opening movement of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, where the lyricism is always being interrupted by a boisterous beer-hall ritornello: Florestan suddenly showing up to shake Eusebius out of his reverie and drag him back to the party. Been there, done that
But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
My green onion plant, that had sprouted six inches, suddenly wilted and died.
They are likely to be drawn to the same kind of partner and are often suddenly thrown into close proximity by family ties and get-togethers. The Sun
I was suddenly overcome with an uncontrollable desire to hit him.
Suddenly the silence was interrupted by the sound of arrows whizzing and striking soft objects.
I'm now under a dense canopy of bush and the air is suddenly electric with the pulsing of cicadas.
She had been gone about an hour, when the sky suddenly darkened, the wind rose and the thunder rolled in prelude to the storm. The Hidden Hand
Apparently he didn't appreciate my efforts because suddenly he jumped to his feet and reverted back to his blockhead ways.
His golden eyes glinted as he suddenly moved trough the crowd with lightning speed and grabbed a young boy by the collar.
As an afterthought, the red-headed girl suddenly added, ‘Good gracious, that Adam Weatherly is such a coxcomb.’
Eight hours after admission he suddenly deteriorated, with severe respiratory distress and increasing left chest signs.
Passed the bottle, Burnell also took an immense swig and suddenly began to snivel. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
When the euro went into Italy, the lira suddenly became unpopular with young people.
Richard asked suddenly, impelled by the curiosity that drives people to stare at and question the survivors of some calamity.
I shivered suddenly, and then shook as with an ague and spent the rest of the night sitting up before the. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Hearing this, Val fell silent and then suddenly exploded into fits of wild laughter.
He suddenly leapt up and made a break for the door.
Then another one suddenly moved toward me, scowling, and waved at me to stop.
Suddenly she heard footsteps and voices; some one was coming along the path towards the beehouse. The Party
Suddenly, some big cannons come rolling past, painted in camouflage colours. Times, Sunday Times
The crow remained still until it suddenly beat its wings but soon settled again watching Ari closely.
It was an oddly sly glance, as though suddenly he were a different person -- or rather I was seeing the obverse of his personality. HIGH STAND
Wedgwood did not suddenly create and start selling his "basaltes" ware simply because it showed off white hands to advantage. "Selling was an intellectual pleasure, an art form" for Josiah Wedgwood.
Suddenly the lobby door crashed into the adjacent wall and stayed there, the knob half-buried in the Sheetrock. Least Resistance
Without warning, the lights suddenly dimmed and began to go out.
When seedlings suddenly bend at the soil line, it's often the work of a fungal disease called damping off.
You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. Robert H. Schuller
Chatting in their usual rapid-fire mix of Czech and Slovak -- a sound that assistant coach Tim Hunter once described as "three guys trying to drown: blub-blub-blub" -- the trio suddenly broke into hysterical laughter. From the archives: Skating through life
Suddenly from above us a twenty-foot-long heavy log burst into view, careening down the path like a bobsled.
There were skid marks on the road where a car had braked suddenly.
When they tried to arrest him, he suddenly went berserk.
At this point in the economic cycle, they are piling up like used tires: debt-sacked college kids who can't get jobs, foreclosed homeowners, failed small-business owners, pink-slipped employees, millions suddenly ejected from the middle class and now a couple Republican candidates who won't be our next president. Occupy Mitt Romney!
It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
Then suddenly the door burst open and a man ran in. Times, Sunday Times
One day I am going to snap because of some animal suddenly rubbing my privates with its face.
Ok, here goes, if this site suddenly falls over, you'll know why!
Suddenly there was a big wave of flame coming across the garden towards me, a massive fireball. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, Fashion Bug didn't seem like a fun place with cute, kicky, affordable clothes and plentiful opportunities for advancement.
Then the regional financial crisis hit and suddenly the air was full of accusations of bureaucratic ineptitude, corruption and outright dereliction of duty.
He looked rumpled, in an unironed plaid shirt and khakis that suddenly appeared too short, bits of his dark socks visible between hem and shoe. Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature
It was only through the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, that, suddenly, she was thrust into the limelight, and became our Queen.
Empty rooms suddenly resound with the sounds of living and life acquires a whole new meaning.
I suddenly feel myself like a doll,acting all kinds of joys and sorrows.There are lots of shining siliery thread on my back,controlling all my action.
The playful flirtation vanished from the dark woman's face in a flash and she straightened suddenly, firing a steel - cold glance my way.
I have had three literary agents over the decades, but that was because one retired ill and one died suddenly. Times, Sunday Times
Much to my surprise Ben suddenly burst into song.
Suddenly I realise why I have a love-hate relationship with felines.
His voice had suddenly taken on a childlike quality as he began talking quick and excitedly.
All I could hear in the hush was the birds tweeting until, suddenly ahead of me, a lithe lad in Lycra darted over a crossroads like a rabbit scuttling for cover.
But when you actually do so, you suddenly become aware of how many sights and sounds you just take for granted and ignore in the course of everyday humdrum life.
Suddenly I perceived him as Dutiful did, and realized that the Prince's abhorrence went past the man's physical deformity and mental limits. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Japanese the type of permanence up to a generation ago, when he suddenly awoke and startled the world with a rejuvenescence the like of which the world had never seen before. The Yellow Peril
They would have all remained mere installations though if life hadn't been suddenly instilled into them.
He raved, he cursed, he shook his fists in my face, and then suddenly a horrible spasm passed over his features, he clapped his hand to his side, and with a loud cry he fell in a heap at my feet.
If something in science suddenly becomes so sacrosanct that you can't question it, then it ceases to be science.
Suddenly, he went at me with a knife.
I felt the advantage had suddenly shifted away from us.
After the second-half metamorphosis, it has suddenly become clear that there will be real competition for places come the summer.
It looked like an open-and-shut case until the judge, suddenly and without explanation, announced that he was dismissing the allegations. Kill the Irishman
She gave him a queer sidelong glance, and it seemed that her voice suddenly became too light, too careless.
A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth.
The squatting man, suddenly irritated, sat back to look up at her. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
But at the same time, take a lesson from the union that not so long ago, voted in a new president and the $300,000 bank account suddenly evaporated.
The lights up and down the street fizzled and popped, their sparks the last bit of light on a suddenly darkened street.
As you try to lever them into position, they seem to suddenly sprout extra limbs to match the extra decibels they are producing.
Australian hands that were warming in pockets were suddenly preparing for a second bowl.
Suddenly there was a promising smudge on the horizon, which quickly resolved itself into a misty outline familiar from many a Turner painting.
Suddenly her rights in the parental home disappeared. The Times Literary Supplement
The grandfather stood under the door, watching her, when suddenly a shrill whistle was heard. Heidi
The actress has a new movie coming out called Gloria, in which she is a leggy gangster's moll who suddenly has to take care of a sassy, streetwise kid.
You cannot suddenly engender selfless commitment when you go on operations. Times, Sunday Times
Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.
Suddenly however, you are faced with the prospect of a new future.
Later, the importance of the proletariat is shown when Boxer suddenly falls and there is suddenly a drastic decrease in work productivity. Animal Farm Character Profiles
This is also the decade when skincare suddenly gets serious. Times, Sunday Times
We suddenly heard a feeble clang of the gate - like someone was knocking, but not very hard.
Suddenly the centre ground seems insipid. The Sun
The wolves of the group suddenly rushed towards the direction of the sound, baring their teeth and snarling.
Animation has suddenly become the must-see entertainment, able to excite and entertain across the generations.
Suddenly a bang on the door was heard; Emilee and Lilly shot their glances onto the door, but it was only a bat.
No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus
I was waiting at the luggage carousel and suddenly, beside me, was this six foot blonde Laplander. AN OLDER WOMAN
These multitude blunders of the FFI 2004 only confirm the opinion that the organizers should be comprised of young people, instead of old-timers who suddenly resurface with the revival of the film scene.
The path suddenly dipped very steeply down a sandy bank among tall grasses.
One Friday afternoon, en route to the medieval rectory that served as the family's country home, Javier suddenly veered sharply right upon hearing I'd never had horchata de chufa , a sweet milk made from tiger nuts. A Fish Tale
Suddenly my in-car entertainment options were revolutionised. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she reached up to lift the cover off the urn.
Yet as Liverpool prepare to face Manchester United in the FA Cup for a match in danger of being more poisonous than for a long time, football's long, progressive battle against racism is suddenly spotlit again. Onus on clubs to prevent ugly spectre of racism rearing its head again | David Conn
Suddenly the bus ahead of us skidded off the road and tipped over on its side in a rice field. Christianity Today
He took position on her right side to support should the ship suddenly pitch or roll with the waves.
Divers even pick up these dozy little sharks, but if you do that you will find yourself with a suddenly alert fish that is probably a bit narked at being disturbed.
The buzzer suddenly responded in a long blast of sound.
He takes a step before his eyes suddenly roll back in his head and he collapses on the hard floor.
I suddenly realized what I had to do.
New volunteers, particularly breadhead financial types, were suddenly giving me targets.
Asgard had seen the accusing look in Terian's face and could not meet the familiar sapphire blue eyes that suddenly smoldered with hatred.
To Rich, his brother suddenly appeared as some benign leader, the merciful father taking his excitable daughters on holiday.
With the recruitment process still running, the job specification for the role was suddenly downgraded two weeks ago to remove any responsibility for the senior England team. Times, Sunday Times
All her images of a tiny waif locked in the attic seemed suddenly foolish and fantastic.
In the brief first act Leigh shows Jean, a Brummie girl who lives alone in a Kilburn bedsit, having joyless sex with a married man played by Daniel Coonan whose wife suddenly bursts in upon them. Ecstasy - review
Suddenly they stop, statue-still, their knees crooked around one another, like fingers pulling on a wishbone.
The "hup" was rather an exclamation of necessity than of delight, inasmuch as that it was caused by Davie coming suddenly down flat on the ice in the act of vainly attempting to go leap-frog over Mivins's head. The World of Ice
Feeling the fog begin to rise inside her head, a drifty sensation as if gravity had suddenly lost its hold on her. BLACKWATER SOUND
From being a backmarker in the peloton he was suddenly in the yellowjersey position. Times, Sunday Times
He sank down into a chair in front of the uneaten breakfast I had made for Nicola and suddenly his eyes were wild and despairing. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
As much as I love Lynch's truly bizarre take on the story, it's as if Paul rides a sandworm - drinks the water of life and suddenly he's 'the one.' Pierre Morel’s Approach to Dune: “Faster, More Modern,” Compared to the ‘84 Version | /Film
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.
Suddenly, a lick of flame leapt from the tip of the staff.
Many Americans these days are buying their first gold shares — but with a certain ambivalence, all too aware that the metal 's price can move suddenly. An Age of Creative Destruction
The problem could arise if this population suddenly vanished, as it has done in the past due to myxomatosis.
Then the You-Know-What Hits the Fan: The marlin leaps out of the water — almost as if to see where the angler is — then it suddenly tail-walks straight to the cockpit and knocks Schultz out of the fighting chair with 500 pounds of fury. Video Gallery: When Animals Attack
Suddenly, friendly automata were everywhere. Times, Sunday Times
Is it just me, or are they suddenly soapier, as indicated by such characters as Hanna's dad and his new bride in PLL, and Annie "Rebecca" Sewell in TLG "returning to town" to disrupt the lives of those with whom we've become familiar so far. Ask Matt: Dance, Downton Abbey, CSI, Guilty Pleasures and More!
David had to postpone any college plans he may have had when his uncle died suddenly.
"Suddenly we saw a massive escalation in their blood pressure to very dangerous levels," she said yesterday.
Suddenly, my cell phone rang, stopping me from making a smart remark.
Suddenly the room felt like a hospital room again, cold, silent and impersonal.
Suddenly Grant felt drained and aware once more of the increasing ache in his injured arm and leg.
Turning suddenly, she crossed her arms on the mantelshelf and hid her face in them. MURDER MOVES IN
Suddenly a flutter of panic started in her stomach and she tried to pull away from her dance partner.
The pain starts suddenly in the epigastrium or right upper quadrant and may radiate round to the back in the interscapular region.
He then had to watch in frustration as the leading four all bettered his time as the rain ceased just as suddenly as it had arrived. Times, Sunday Times
London has suddenly gained a new concert hall and two theatres. Times, Sunday Times
He looked up suddenly and winked. Bomber
His silk cravat suddenly felt as though it may choke him at any moment and his navy blue tailcoat seemed overbearing.
Suddenly the room started shaking, then, with a violent jolt, it stopped.
The cross-country race was discontinued owing to a storm coming on suddenly when the race was in progress,and had to be rerun the next day.
Suddenly the coach crossed the central reservation and collided with a public light bus travelling in the inner lane of the eastbound carriageway.
Suddenly the procession is interrupted by irrepressible sobbing.
Suddenly I had an impulse to write.
Offal, long the most unchic of entrees, is suddenly cool. Not For the Lily-Livered
Russie is pursued by cruel foe, He rides away, and suddenly betakes him to his boe, And bends me but about in saddle as be sits, And therewithall amids his race his following foe he hits. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Then he suddenly jumped up and was absolutely fine. The Sun
When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no moreimportant in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forwardby time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forwardwhen another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up.And we become different.
Their vegetable cellar caved suddenly yesterday.
Suddenly a barrier of logs and brush blocked his path.
Far from seeming hard-nosed and realistic, they suddenly appear beside the point, if not immoral.
A quarter of an hour thus passed; then suddenly one of the elephants trumpeted, and a tremendous crashing in the reeds ensued.
Suddenly, everyone awoke to the realization that we had come to one mind, we had reached consensus.
The gong sounded, and as the boys bolted forward, Nicola suddenly went light-headed.
It is a fond hope that there is a magical number at which all those people hostile to immigration will suddenly change the habit of a lifetime. Times, Sunday Times
When Rob and Louise are suddenly both laid off, their wedding plans are put on hold as they find themselves rethinking their entire lives.
Sarah listens to her, and then suddenly the two of them sing a verse of the song.
I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name.
Suddenly, benign words like "boutonniere" and "function hall" have the power to bring Andy to his knees but not, unfortunately, in the proposal position. Get Real Men Of Steel!
All in all, she was suddenly feeling so deeply vulnerable that she was scared to death of what might happen next.
How strange that something so simple as a walk on the beach could suddenly mean so much.
I done it like hern," she began, and stopped suddenly to look up at him. Lodusky
Furniture weighs suddenly turn hostile cozily : Furniture tide respect criterion incline to is muti_function with diversification.
Suddenly, up got such a wisp of snipe, under my very feet, that I am bound to say I missed both barrels
Old Labour leader George, torn apart by the contradictions that have led to this riot, suddenly thinks he sees who is to blame, and drops his trimming and concession-making approach.
She suddenly felt that even in knowing James, and in befriending him, that she was betraying Khalid's memory.
Someone in the hushed bar suddenly laughed raucously at how stupid everyone had become.
She pushed more forcefully, and it suddenly slid back like a concertina, separating into seven distinct panels. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR

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