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Definition of sudden in English: suddenadjective ˈsʌd(ə)nˈsədn Occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning. Example sentencesExamples - I wasn't expecting moments of sudden and beautiful revelation, empathy, kinship.
- I felt a sudden urge to come home as quickly as possible so that I could discuss this with my father.
- However, it was a sudden dip in the dollar's value that spurred speculative activity.
- He was working down Turner Shaft one day when there was a sudden rock fall which buried him and killed him instantly.
- To a schoolboy like myself at the time, they were a sudden flash of lightning that lit a dark landscape.
- Fans of the show understand that the most hilarious visual joke might immediately be followed by sudden tragedy.
- Injuries to the eye, such as sudden force from a flying stone, or sharp poke in the eye, can cause a cataract to develop.
- I saw it in the sudden stiffening of his posture and the sharp flash in his hazel eyes.
- They were caused by a sudden violent downpour which drains were unable to cope with.
- The results represent a sudden and widespread shift in public mood in Britain.
- The car's hazard warning lights automatically switch on with sudden braking or in a collision.
- An elderly monk presented with a sharp thoracic back pain of sudden onset and shortness of breath.
- However, the condition can lead to sudden and unexpected death, often in early adulthood.
- At this altitude the wind would cause the carefully tended lawn to tremble with a chill, sudden and shocking.
- Antipsychotic drugs should also be considered in unexplained sudden deaths in psychotic patients.
- Having a credit card can be invaluable if you have a sudden and unexpected expense, or even if you've just overspent.
- Much of this comes in sudden downpours in spring and autumn which sometimes cause devastating flash floods.
- The sudden release of the stored chlorine allows rapid destruction of ozone to occur and the ozone hole is formed.
- Kees said the decision to go on their own was not sudden but one which had been in the pipeline for quite some time.
- He had a sudden, blinding flash of pain and felt his legs going numb.
Synonyms unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked-for, without warning, without notice, not bargained for immediate, instantaneous, instant, precipitous, precipitate, abrupt, rapid, swift, lightning, quick, hurried, sharp, without delay
adverb ˈsʌd(ə)nˈsədn literary, informal Suddenly. sudden there swooped an eagle downward Example sentencesExamples - Susie stayed on in the little place they had till she died very sudden.
Synonyms immediately, instantaneously, instantly, in an instant, straight away, all of a sudden, at once, all at once, promptly, abruptly, in a trice, swiftly
Phrases I feel really tired all of a sudden Example sentencesExamples - As is typical of such storms, the main rainfall came of a sudden, like the turning of a tap in the heavens.
- All of a sudden the white car pulled out and rammed into the blue car.
- All of a sudden, he's being asked to dinner by leading writers and noblemen.
- All of a sudden, the normal drone of the training room was shattered by peals of laughter!
- All of a sudden, the badger twitched, jumped up and strolled across the road to safety.
- All of a sudden, you're face to face with a black, hairy spider the size of a beach ball.
- All of a sudden, from beating Newcastle and Everton, they are losing to Fulham and Charlton.
- All of a sudden, his stride changed - his floppy ears dropped like a lop-eared rabbit.
- All of a sudden the kind of behaviour that would have been typical in old New York seemed rude and inappropriate.
- All of a sudden, the sky cleared, became blue and a perfect rainbow arched over me with one end in the sand.
Synonyms suddenly, immediately, instantaneously, instantly, in an instant, straight away, at once, all at once, promptly, abruptly, in a trice, swiftly
on a sudden a gleam of hope appeared
Derivatives noun ˈsʌd(ə)nnəs This past week, the two little guys learned - with amazing suddenness - how to ride bikes. Example sentencesExamples - With his separation ability, suddenness and speed, Winslow consistently gets open.
- After a few years, when all the richest mining claims had been staked, this small city imploded with equal suddenness, turning almost into a ghost town.
- We moved briskly along at the edge of Sloan's Lake, when Fred stopped short with such suddenness that he fairly yanked my arm out of the socket.
- Suicide is devastating, its suddenness can leave many unanswered questions.
- Peter's been gone long enough that the suddenness of his passing has gone by but the ache is still there.
- This time, the suddenness of the fall was reinforced by the fact that it immediately followed her latest explosive re-entry into the political firmament.
- The suddenness of the tsunami caught literally tens of thousands of people unaware along the coastlines of southern Asia.
- It was the suddenness with which the drop opened, more than a thousand feet from Hualapai Hilltop to the pale thread of the track below, that took my breath away.
- Not all things disappear with dramatic suddenness and it might be decades before the various depredations to which wild life is exposed begin to have a noticeable effect.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sudein, from an alteration of Latin subitaneus, from subitus 'sudden'. Definition of sudden in US English: suddenadjectiveˈsədnˈsədn Occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning. Example sentencesExamples - Fans of the show understand that the most hilarious visual joke might immediately be followed by sudden tragedy.
- I felt a sudden urge to come home as quickly as possible so that I could discuss this with my father.
- He was working down Turner Shaft one day when there was a sudden rock fall which buried him and killed him instantly.
- Much of this comes in sudden downpours in spring and autumn which sometimes cause devastating flash floods.
- An elderly monk presented with a sharp thoracic back pain of sudden onset and shortness of breath.
- I saw it in the sudden stiffening of his posture and the sharp flash in his hazel eyes.
- Having a credit card can be invaluable if you have a sudden and unexpected expense, or even if you've just overspent.
- The sudden release of the stored chlorine allows rapid destruction of ozone to occur and the ozone hole is formed.
- Injuries to the eye, such as sudden force from a flying stone, or sharp poke in the eye, can cause a cataract to develop.
- The car's hazard warning lights automatically switch on with sudden braking or in a collision.
- He had a sudden, blinding flash of pain and felt his legs going numb.
- Antipsychotic drugs should also be considered in unexplained sudden deaths in psychotic patients.
- I wasn't expecting moments of sudden and beautiful revelation, empathy, kinship.
- However, it was a sudden dip in the dollar's value that spurred speculative activity.
- To a schoolboy like myself at the time, they were a sudden flash of lightning that lit a dark landscape.
- However, the condition can lead to sudden and unexpected death, often in early adulthood.
- Kees said the decision to go on their own was not sudden but one which had been in the pipeline for quite some time.
- They were caused by a sudden violent downpour which drains were unable to cope with.
- At this altitude the wind would cause the carefully tended lawn to tremble with a chill, sudden and shocking.
- The results represent a sudden and widespread shift in public mood in Britain.
Synonyms unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked-for, without warning, without notice, not bargained for
adverbˈsədnˈsədn literary, informal Suddenly. sudden there swooped an eagle downward Example sentencesExamples - Susie stayed on in the little place they had till she died very sudden.
Synonyms immediately, instantaneously, instantly, in an instant, straight away, all of a sudden, at once, all at once, promptly, abruptly, in a trice, swiftly
Phrases I feel really tired all of a sudden Example sentencesExamples - All of a sudden, the badger twitched, jumped up and strolled across the road to safety.
- All of a sudden, you're face to face with a black, hairy spider the size of a beach ball.
- All of a sudden, his stride changed - his floppy ears dropped like a lop-eared rabbit.
- All of a sudden the white car pulled out and rammed into the blue car.
- All of a sudden, from beating Newcastle and Everton, they are losing to Fulham and Charlton.
- All of a sudden, the normal drone of the training room was shattered by peals of laughter!
- All of a sudden, he's being asked to dinner by leading writers and noblemen.
- As is typical of such storms, the main rainfall came of a sudden, like the turning of a tap in the heavens.
- All of a sudden, the sky cleared, became blue and a perfect rainbow arched over me with one end in the sand.
- All of a sudden the kind of behaviour that would have been typical in old New York seemed rude and inappropriate.
Synonyms suddenly, immediately, instantaneously, instantly, in an instant, straight away, at once, all at once, promptly, abruptly, in a trice, swiftly
on a sudden a gleam of hope appeared
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sudein, from an alteration of Latin subitaneus, from subitus ‘sudden’. |