sudden change

Example Sentences

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Her sudden change of heart came just one day after she sold her Encino, Calif., home, which had been on the market for nearly two years before it finally found a buyer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

In a release on Wednesday, the company said it wouldn’t “be able to utilize certain technologies and assets that were originally planned,” because of the sudden change in Honda’s plans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The author chronicles the troubled youth and “vagrant years” of Tennyson, up until 1850, when the still clean-shaven poet experienced a sudden change of fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He was soon informed of a sudden change of plans.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

This possibility of sudden change is at the center of the idea of the Tipping Point and might well be the hardest of all to accept.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell