Synonym: dead, short, suddenly. Similar words: abrupt, rupture, disrupt, bankrupt, interrupt, bankruptcy, corruption, interruption. Meaning: [ə'brʌptlɪ] adv. quickly and without warning.
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(31) The bus stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my seat.
(32) The meeting ended abruptly when the chairman was called away.
(33) She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.
(34) He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.
(35) His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain.
(36) He drowsed off,but then woke up abruptly,as though someone had called his name.
(37) The train stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my bunk.
(38) When he could stand it no longer, he rose abruptly to his feet.
(39) He stopped abruptly, suddenly afraid to say the words out loud.
(40) He broke off abruptly in the middle of a sentence.
(41) All these ideas for expansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.
(42) The interview ended abruptly.
(43) It had never occurred to her that a new possibility would crop up abruptly.
(44) Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair.
(45) With the defeat at Stalingrad this altered abruptly.
(46) But then(sentencedict.com), why give them up so abruptly?
(47) The minstrel stopped singing abruptly, and went outside.
(48) He gestured abruptly to the door, dismissing the man.
(49) Some minute miscalculation nosed the machine down too abruptly.
(50) Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave.
(51) Abruptly, she drew in her breath.
(52) The bird, a small creature, abruptly fled.
(53) He turned his back abruptly and walked away.
(54) Sally-Anne could not get used to being known so abruptly by her surname.
(55) In September 1939 the Congress politicians who were enjoying the fruits of office abruptly discovered the limits of their power.
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(56) Abruptly, he hauled himself to his feet, yawned and stretched.
(57) I do know the King's mood changed abruptly from one of moroseness to one of joy.
(58) The mountains rise abruptly from the wedged defiles, separating the hollows where the dwellings are clustered.
(59) She recovered, started off again, abruptly halted, wheeled, and hurried back through the doors behind the priest.
(60) Corden's playing career ended abruptly when he smashed his knee on his debut for Darlington.
More similar words: abrupt, rupture, disrupt, bankrupt, interrupt, bankruptcy, corruption, interruption, brush, brutal, brutally, cerebrum, brusquely, scrub brush, abroad, fabric, abrade, abreast, abridge, macabre, up to, abrasion, abrogate, abridged, bric-a-brac, fabricate, gear up, stir up, tear up, up to now.