abruptly

The speech abruptly closed.

The ground falls away abruptly to the right.

The road ends abruptly in a drop to the sea.

And for that reason, this baby boomlet could end abruptly in 2008.

The advantage abruptly turned against them.

His contract was abruptly terminated.

He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.

the disease begins abruptly with chills, headaches, and dizziness.

The din in the factory ends abruptly when the noon whistle sounds.

I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.

occasional outbursts of temper. Somethingfitful occurs in spells and often abruptly:

The mood changes abruptly after six or seven bars of wayward decrescendo.

Turn up the tap, and it abruptly sprays out in a chaotic (but describable) torrent.

Cumulate plagioclase appears abruptly at the base of the F unit, which rests on an erosional disconformity .

When he could stand it no longer, he rose abruptly to his feet.

He drowsed off,but then woke up abruptly,as though someone had called his name.