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Example sentences for: sudden

How can you use “sudden” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Securities analysts were relatively unimportant on Wall Street before the 1960s, but their rise to power has not been sudden.
The world's papers don't know if they should try to explain Boris Yeltsin's actions Monday--his sudden dismissal of Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and his naming of Vladimir Putin as the country's fifth premier in 17 months--or write them off as vodka-induced silliness.
All of a sudden the New Republic and The Nation bore me to tears.
All of a sudden, somebody grabs you by the mouth, drags you around the store, drags you outside, pulls the hook out of your mouth, and throws you back into Denny's.
The condition of a long-lived asset is affected by its durability, the quality of its design and construction, its use, the adequacy of maintenance that has been performed, and many other factors, including: accidents (an unforeseen and unplanned or unexpected event or circumstance), catastrophes (a tragic event), disasters (a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction), and obsolescence.