abrupt change
Example Sentences
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“It’s been comedy to watch,” McElligott said, in reference to the market’s latest abrupt change of heart.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The burst of personal communication—which also includes a recent one-hour-and 41-minute appearance on a podcast about his life—marks an abrupt change of tone for Arnault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It isn’t so much the earnings, but excitement about the airline’s guidance for 2026 that is behind the analysts’ abrupt change of heart.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
For the elder of the two musicians, it marked an abrupt change of plans.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Then—it seemed to me such an odd, abrupt change of subject: “You know, I’m glad I’ve been the first to establish official ties between Afro-Americans and our blood brothers in Africa.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
