all of a sudden
Example Sentences
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"We were recording in an office and all of a sudden the table moved and we all looked at each other," Ruiz told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“You’ll be reading someone’s Substack or blog post, and all of a sudden in the middle of a perfect paragraph, there’ll be a mistake sitting out there like a sore thumb,” said O’Bryan, 62.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"I don't need this virtue signal era to all of a sudden erase an entire life I've led."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
“I came back and all of a sudden they knew every word to the songs,” she says with disbelief.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
She didn’t say it any particular way, but somehow, there was a shift in the air, like she’d been there for a moment, and all of a sudden I was losing her again.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
