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

  • (..) quote, unquote, ''deprived countries of the world.'' Women... The lady's out there picking the rice or doing whatever in the thing and all of a sudden you say, ''Ooh!'' Blam! The child falls out, they cut the cord, tie it and the kid's there with the rice, with the mother, you know. (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself