abrupt
Example Sentences
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"Alright, stop the show, guys, there's someone passed out over here," said the US pop star Sombr, bringing his sold-out show at the Brixton Academy to an abrupt halt last week.
From BBC
Understanding how past events triggered abrupt climate shifts is essential for anticipating future risks.
From Science Daily
The hushed urgency crept into her voice again, and the change of subject was so abrupt that I twisted around.
From Literature
Her fiance lives in Canada and was due to fly to Tehran for the ceremony before the war brought air travel to an abrupt halt.
From BBC
The stock-market crash led investors to speculate whether poorly designed automatic trading or other market-structure minutiae were to blame for the abrupt selloff.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
