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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(121) Our road ended abruptly at a cluster of cottages with names like Moor Head and Little Gill.
(122) Now, abruptly, she could see that he imagined he'd chalked up yet another small victory.
(123) All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama
(124) A prestigious teaching post at Winchester had been terminated abruptly some years before, and Hugo had failed to hold another since.
(125) Then, rather abruptly, I came into the red spruce belt that is near the top of all the mountains around.
(126) Several players hardly seem happy the Raiders reinstated Smith, given the way he abruptly left the team September 27.
(127) She pictured a straw boater and a bicycle and as her smile spread he abruptly faced her.
(128) The office fellows on the table behind laughed abruptly and in unison.
(129) Then he worked as garden boy at Ballykilcavan, but in the winter of 1860-1 he left abruptly after a quarrel.
(130) She saw his glance flick down to her mouth, then abruptly he was turning away.
(131) The laughter abruptly changed into sneezes and the handkerchief routine was gone through again.
(132) The cocker spaniel puppy stopped abruptly, then eyed the spinning leaf overhead.
(133) Abruptly, the pale fire sank and vanished, leaving only the glare from the ruins.
(134) The economic situation worsened dramatically in the months that followed October as soldiers flocked home and military orders to industry abruptly halted.
(135) Giant abruptly decided not to hire the temporary replacement workers.
(136) He took a deep breath and shook his head abruptly.
(137) Then he released her abruptly and strode from the room.
(138) The alimony Betty Parsons lived on abruptly ceased, and she was forced to leave Paris.
(139) Abruptly she broke into a delicious laugh, her thin face lighting up.
(140) The Rover abruptly swung out and roared past, the passenger cop giving them a suspicious but mostly supercilious glare.
(141) She had never been so aware of anyone as she was of the powerful man who had entered her life so abruptly.
(142) My hetero-dithering, which might have continued indefinitely, was abruptly ended one day over lunch with a good friend.
(143) She skated off abruptly, called to service by customers who had caught the virus of her mood and were equally annoyed.
(144) Abruptly the woman speeded up, making a dash for the door.
(145) Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki abruptly called for an early lunch break.
(146) I turned abruptly away from them, but I was now very low,(http://sentencedict.com/abruptly.html) heading for a stand of trees.
(147) Talks between Republican and Nationalist representatives were initiated on 23 March but were abruptly curtailed by Franco two days later.
(148) She sat up abruptly, confused and still dizzy from slumber, and a hand reached out to silence her.
(149) Then El-Jorr wrenched open the door and, ignoring everybody, left as abruptly as he had arrived, muttering to himself.
(150) That his bravery was ended so abruptly and unexpectedly seems very cruel.
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