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Meanings of suddenness in English

The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.

Usage of suddenness in English
1
The conspirators were overwhelmed by the suddenness and fury of the attack.
The Second Deluge
2
We often underestimate the suddenness, even the randomness, of the change itself.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
3
The suddenness of her appearance and something in her expression startled him.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
4
The suddenness of the move gave them just the start they needed.
Psmith in the City
5
Speed, suddenness, the level of pain involved -these are all variables.
The Guardian
6
The suddenness, the freedom, the disrespect of the action were too much.
Villette
7
This terrible suddenness of attack commonly kills the victim on the instant.
The New McGuffey Fourth Reader
8
But more things, and most grievous ones, were happening with equal suddenness.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
9
With a bewildering suddenness and celerity the plan of the campaign developed.
A Short History of Russia
10
The suddenness of this thing had thrown him momentarily off his balance.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
11
One such fear must be the scale and suddenness of the phenomenon.
The Irish Times
12
The suddenness and immensity of the catastrophe blinded these two listening children-souls.
The Human Chord
13
And here the affair was ended with the suddenness of a thunder-clap.
The Lure of the Mask
14
The suddenness of the meeting surprised Kate into a look of astonishment.
The Fighting Shepherdess
15
Stunned by the suddenness of this joyful news the boys sat silent.
The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
16
With the suddenness of a cat the outcast creature was upon him.
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
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Suddenness through the time
Suddenness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common