abrupt
Example Sentences
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He wrote: "Twenty years ago today, I came to an abrupt stop upside down in a Yorkshire field, convinced I was about to die."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Legend launched a search for a new CEO after Ying Huang resigned as chief executive on July 24—an abrupt move that sent shares tumbling more than 10% that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Its abrupt closure by the powerful armed faction controlling the area coincided with the start of the AI boom, causing a price spike and a global scramble for the metal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Unlike modern pumas, however, these populations did not show evidence of severe inbreeding or abrupt population bottlenecks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
But then, just as Chess started pulling out his key, Natalie took an abrupt step back, almost falling off the front porch.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing abrupt
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