sudden
Example Sentences
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That narrow conductive path produces a sudden electrical response similar to a neuron firing.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
She can’t expect a sudden polling Surge™ the more people get to know her, since everyone in the state already knows her well.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
The sudden explosion of online sports betting bespeaks a nation of young men looking for ways to pocket cash for no work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Then all of a sudden, we were brilliant.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
I began to smile back, but I felt a sudden pain in my chest: The coin hidden under the water of St. Patrick’s Well.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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