abruptness
Example Sentences
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Quick, unhappy at the abruptness of the trade, got fine consolation after he was traded to Vegas and won the Cup with the Golden Knights last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
The abruptness of the change means that many people aren’t yet acclimated to warmer weather, and will be at increased risk of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Because of the abruptness of this breakup, you might have been left blaming yourself.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
This was in, this was out with whiplash-like abruptness.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2023
I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Vocabulary lists containing abruptness
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