Examples of 'abruptly' in a sentence

Meaning of "abruptly"

abruptly (adverb): in a sudden, unexpected, or unceremonious manner. It is commonly used to describe actions or events that happen quickly and without warning
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  • In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.

How to use "abruptly" in a sentence

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Leonardo abruptly became restless and unhappy.
My apologies for hanging up so abruptly on you earlier.
He abruptly left our scheduled interview session.
Sleeping piglets are abruptly awakened by a short noise.
He abruptly retired after serving five terms.
You left rather abruptly last night.
This abruptly ended the show prematurely.
The orchestra stopped as abruptly as it had started.
They were abruptly relocated elsewhere on an emergency basis.
The container must not be placed abruptly.
But to leave so abruptly it wouLd seem a confession.
Abruptly abandoning your business and family.
Police retreated as abruptly as they would attacked.
He abruptly finds himself back in his car.
Radar contact was abruptly lost minutes later.

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Abruptly the grey dragon flamed at him.
It then proceeded to abruptly weaken and dissipate.
He abruptly begins to pay attention to his appearance.
The movie ends abruptly at this stage.
Abruptly removing iPod during file transfer.
The season ends abruptly resulting in a cliffhanger.
Losing the man you love so abruptly.
And you abruptly expose your weakness.
Aspect of things has shifted rather abruptly.
You braked abruptly and you are framing me.
And then stopped believing in me rather abruptly.
Career ended abruptly after a hiking accident.
I want to write it concisely and end abruptly.
The game abruptly cuts to the credits.
I do not know how things changed so abruptly.
The climax abruptly changes to a funeral march.
You can decrease the volume abruptly.
Saldívar abruptly left the meeting.
You change the conversation very abruptly.
He sits down abruptly in the chair at center.
He says cryptic things and is gone abruptly again.
Its valley abruptly becomes much deeper.
Sorry to have left you all so abruptly.
Donghae abruptly wakes up from the nightmare.
The things changed abruptly one night.
To do it abruptly now is going to create major problems overseas.
Hearing the bedroom door open abruptly.
Jerry is abruptly pulled under the water.
Looks like the cooking was abruptly halted.
He reacted abruptly and drove them away.
Thunderous epic musicplays music stops abruptly.
The pistil abruptly narrows at the throat.
The petroglyph tradition does not end abruptly.
Grace abruptly quits and goes home.
The notes however rise abruptly in pitch.

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