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Meanings of stop abruptly in English

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Usage of stop abruptly in English
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The squealing would stop abruptly, and blood would drip down for a while.
Hell to pay
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A prick in the fleshy part of his thigh caused him to stop abruptly.
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
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Nay more, they stop abruptly at the door-such are the improvements effected by R.E.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916
4
They begin by being very thick, then they stop abruptly.
The Independence of Claire
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I stop abruptly, choked by tears, by shame, by apprehension.
Nancy: A Novel
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At the same time the girl stopped abruptly in the darkest shadow.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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The young gentleman stopped abruptly; and the gardener heaved a sympathetic sigh.
Melchior's Dream and Other Tales
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In the middle of the floor he stopped abruptly, confronting the situation.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
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She stopped abruptly as a woman's form emerged from the shadows ahead.
Armageddon's Children
10
The dance stopped abruptly with the killing; people were already going home.
The Long Shadow
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As they said their good-byes, she stopped abruptly and said, Hey, Storm?
Storm Front
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Once he stopped abruptly; some one on the beach afar was approaching.
A Man and His Money
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Tibor stopped abruptly, shaken and exhausted by the violence of his emotion.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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At last she stopped abruptly, right in the middle of the room.
The Leavenworth Case
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But at the end of the fifteen minutes the trail stopped abruptly.
The Enchanted Canyon
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Then, as she spoke of the young woman she just stopped abruptly.
The Irish Times
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