as in suddenly
with great suddenness
the car in front stopped abruptly, and we almost hit it
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Recent Examples of abruptly
The short unravels the mysterious aftermath of young boys whose lives have been abruptly taken.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The man, identified by police as Benjamin Michael Campbell, 38, was allegedly speeding before abruptly stopping and removing the banner.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
The Pitch Perfect star recently looked back on how a brutal cement truck accident abruptly altered his plans for the future, and how going through puberty shortly thereafter altered them yet again.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
The boy can quit abruptly because there will be more interchangeable jobs—more elevators, more shoes, more greasy pots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The man, identified by police as Benjamin Michael Campbell, 38, was allegedly speeding before abruptly stopping and removing the banner.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
The Pitch Perfect star recently looked back on how a brutal cement truck accident abruptly altered his plans for the future, and how going through puberty shortly thereafter altered them yet again.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
The boy can quit abruptly because there will be more interchangeable jobs—more elevators, more shoes, more greasy pots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abruptly
suddenly
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The Barnhills decided to begin distributing food directly to people who had suddenly lost their SNAP benefits.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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Played for comic relief, he is baffled by this son of his who attends college and, more perplexing yet, is suddenly obsessed with Italy and cycling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Abruptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abruptly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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