sudden

Example Sentences

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The result was a granular metamaterial capable of responding differently to slow movements and sudden impacts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

She explained: "It is the time when families see the increase in cost because all of a sudden their son's had a growth spurt or their daughter's had a growth spurt."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Both imports from China and robot adoption had fairly negative displacement effects that were long-lasting, because they were sudden and the jobs they impacted were concentrated in certain local labor markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It also follows unprecedented attacks from Iran, which has fired thousands of drones and missiles at Gulf targets including airports, casting the wealthy region into sudden economic uncertainty.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet even then I could see there was something very unusual, very spirited about her—the steely look in her eye, the sudden smile that lit up her whole face.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo