abruptness
Example Sentences
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“The abruptness — and basically the lack of due process in general — just compounds the damage,” said Tao.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Because of the abruptness of the breakup, how happy I was when I was with him and some hints he made afterward about regretting his actions, for years I felt like we had unfinished business.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
This was in, this was out with whiplash-like abruptness.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2023
Mr. Moline and Ms. Holland-Thielen said the abruptness of their firings made them suspect that Ms. Shotwell had bowed to pressure.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Like a story, a piece of music can come to an end by simply stopping, but most listeners will react to such abruptness with dissatisfaction: the story or music simply "stopped" instead of "ending" properly.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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