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• The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.From the entry fall
• In mid-sentence, I checked myself abruptly, looking terribly embarrassed.From the entry check
• The man's unartfulness caused him to say abruptly what was on his mind, which often hurt people's feelings.From the entry unartfulness
• "Not just tomorrow-tomorrow but the coming overmorrows and beyond that." I smiled hugging him abruptly.2023 May 1, Vanshika Nagar, chapter 36, in Mayhem of Our Love (Our Love Series; 1), [S.l.]: Vanshika Nagar, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry overmorrow
• “You doxx, you get suspended, end of story,” he said, and then abruptly left the call.2022 December 16, Bernhard Warner, quoting Elon Musk, “Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists”, in The New York Times…. From the entry end of story
• Thus, revenue from milk yield before dry-off is higher for cows that are abruptly dried off.2020 September 24, Pornpamol Pattamanont, Marcos Marcondes, Albert De Vries, “Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Dry-off Methods for…. From the entry dry off
• The Elaki Mother-One stopped abruptly and David expected the pouchlings, following so closely, to run into her.2015, Lynn Hightower, Alien Eyes. From the entry pouchling
• She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker.2011, Ken Casper, As the Crow Dies, page 120. From the entry firecracker
• Accordingly, ice is a tipping element that responds abruptly to changes across this tipping point.2011, Paul Wassmann, Arctic Tipping Points, Fundacion BBVA, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry tipping element
• If it were me, I mean, that's wat I — ' but she stopped machiavellising abruptly.2010, Adam Roberts, Gradisil. From the entry machiavellise
• Abruptly, Cleo flumpfed down onto one of the chairs, her ears ringing unpleasantly.2010, Sue Moorcroft, chapter 44, in All That Mullarkey, Camberley, Surrey: Choc Lit Limited, →ISBN, page 298. From the entry flumpf
• She pressed his hand and was gone in a mist of vetiver, abruptly as the other evening.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 612. From the entry vetiver
• She yiked and stood up abruptly, holding her fanny, her face flushed but still smiling.1996, William S. Slusher, Butcher of the Noble, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry yike
• "Just show me what to do." Nodding and listening, still dangling the carkey, abruptly remembering.1988, John Brunner, The Days of March, Worcester Park, Surrey: Kerosina Books, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry carkey
• Lute Springer halted as abruptly as if he'd been snared by a catchrope.1973, Richard Brister, Cat Eyes, page 23. From the entry catchrope
• Ostiolar peritreme elevated, scalpeliform, apex ending abruptly near middle of metapleuron.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of…. From the entry scalpeliform
• The hill went up abruptly above the roofs, and the slates shining looked like sealskin.1956, Gwyn Jones, Welsh Short Stories, page 61. From the entry pigscot
• It runs north-east, and then abruptly passes north to decant into the West Dart.1900, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Dartmoor. From the entry decant
• For many humans, life does end abruptly, without much forewarning.2023, Erhard S. Gerstenberger, “Finding (or Missing) God and Meaning in Suffering”, in Michael G. Maness, Kevaughn Mattis, editors, Can…. From the entry forewarning
• In fact I never said it; she eventually realised I was someone else, and broke off the conversation abruptly.2023 February 25, Tim Dowling, “Tim Dowling: I’m revisiting my worst ever moment on stage – a Christmas panto”, in The Guardian, archived…. From the entry break off
• Bagheera appeared with a “MrrrrOW!” on the edge of the table, leaping abruptly up to see what I was doing.2017 January 1, Stephanie C. Fox, Scheherazade Cat - The Story of a War Hero, QueenBeeEdit, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry Bagheera
• The video ends abruptly with the man in midscream.2015 July 8, Steve Featherstone, “Spike Nation”, in New York Times. From the entry midscream
• But the fires sent a drift of woodsmoke over the bloodscape and the burned meat smell was abruptly overridden.2014, Philip Wylie, Tomorrow!, Open Road Media, →ISBN. From the entry bloodscape
• I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest.2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head. From the entry boring
• The short wing petals and abruptly angled keel petals are diagnostic features which distinguish the sweetvetches in flower.1990, Stanley L. Welsh, David B. Williams, Grand Views of Canyon Country: A Driving Guide, page 30. From the entry sweetvetch
• The canyon ends abruptly on the east side of Roraima, and here a waterfall pours over an outcropping of crystal.1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 542. From the entry end
• The white line, abruptly, has stopped its climb.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow. From the entry brennschluss
• "I'll give you a check now," I said abruptly, and saw Selina's green eyes triangulate angrily on my face.1966, Bob Shaw, Light of Other Days. From the entry triangulate
• One touch of the switch and all equipment stops abruptly.1963 June, Kenneth Calkins, “Linac and Dynamitron”, in Boeing Magazine, volume XXXIII, number 6, Seattle, Wash.: Public Relations…. From the entry scram
• I abruptly cognited that "Have You Lived Before this Life?" was our first new book in two years.1959 April 27, L. Ron Hubbard, “HCO Policy Letter of 27 April 1959: Why New Books Are Few”, in The Organization Executive Course: An…. From the entry cognite
• Then the alien susurration ceased coming from the reproducer and he closed his mouth abruptly and leaned forward.1954, Robert Abernathy, The Record of Currupira. From the entry susurration
• Abruptly the wind ceased to blow upon Clair's back.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Three Go Back. From the entry breakwind
• His monologue stopped abruptly with a sharp noise like a thundercrack that rolled in dreary echoes round the dismal mere.1922, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Knew Too Much. From the entry thundercrack
• A weekend camping trip at Greers Ferry Lake ended abruptly Saturday night after a fire destroyed a camper belonging to a Redfield couple.2026 June 16, Kathryn Thornberry, “Man recalls the moment camper caught on fire over the weekend at Greers Ferry Lake”, in KARK. From the entry Redfield
• Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped.2021 January 2, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry anosmia
• At one point, her spidery abstractions gave way to a series of abruptly syncopated hits, like a deranged allusion to the Thelonious Monk tune “Evidence.”2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from…. From the entry abstraction
• At the border station the road ended abruptly, cut off like a piece of cake, before continuing a good meter lower down.2015 April 24, Frank Sieren, “Sieren's China: Beijing's 'Marshall Plan' for Pakistan”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 29…. From the entry Khunjerab Pass
• From the north, the road into Nigeria’s purpose-built capital is strewn with inselbergs, vast monolithic stone outcrops that rise abruptly out of the lush savannah.2015 July 24, William Wallis, “What is next for Nigeria?”, in Financial Times. From the entry inselberg

Meaning of abruptly

1. adverb In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.

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Questions about abruptly in a sentence

How do you use abruptly in a sentence?

Abruptly is used as an adverb. For example: “The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.”

What is a short sentence with abruptly?

“I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest.”

What does abruptly mean?

Abruptly means in an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.