Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
1 However Monaghan's recent unbeaten run of late came to an abrupt end.
2 Getting up, 'I must go,' she said in her curt, abrupt way.
3 Opposition groups said the abrupt closure was a pretext to prevent protests.
4 The abrupt postponements also raise questions about guitarist Eddie Van Halen's health.
5 The abrupt change in position dizzied her; she staggered and caught herself.
6 He was abrupt in manner and grumpy in speech with the seamen.
7 Whatever the answer, Mr Trump's abrupt change in tactics can't be reversed.
8 In the corporate world, however, turnarounds are rarely abrupt and seldom easy.
9 The abrupt eruption of crime and gangs simply overwhelmed the police force.
10 The movement is too abrupt ; minnows of light dart across her vision.
11 The man's abrupt departure led them to change the locks, she said.
12 She sprinted outside, but came to abrupt stop just outside the doorway.
13 Sara squinted at him and the abrupt change of subject before responding.
14 That leaves open the possibility of an abrupt exit with no agreement.
15 He was abrupt and enthusiastic in conversation, and used gestures in speaking.
16 The former were for the immediate and abrupt annihilation of the trade.
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