sudden

Definition

  • noun: an unexpected occurrence
  • adjective: happening or coming unexpectedly
  • adjective: happening, coming, or done very quickly in a way that is usually not expected
  • synonyms: emergency, unexpected, unusual

Examples

  • There were no instances of the disease here until it 'suddenly' appeared last year.

  • The director's 'sudden' departure leaves the organization's future uncertain.

  • I was walking down the street when, 'all of a sudden', it started raining.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The wind turned the tide, and I pulled him out. I'll take him, Englishman! If your father's word means anything, he's mine. Why such a sudden interest in the slave, my lord? Shall we say an English passion... for converting the wicked to the paths of righteousness? (..)
    1958 The Vikings