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

  • (..) looking for a sister of a friend of mine. Streets are full of people. I'm thinking there's no way I'm gonna find this girl. Proceeding to override. - Then all of the sudden, I look up, and there she is, and I'm about to yell out, and I see she's holding hands with some short, hairy guy in board (..)
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