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sudden

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" [ant: gradual ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., sodaine , from Anglo-French sodein or directly from Old French sodain , subdain "immediate, sudden" (Modern French soudain ), from Vulgar Latin *subitanus , variant of Latin subitaneus "sudden," from subitus past participle of subire "go under; ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
James Green aka Sudden is a fictional character created by an English author Oliver Strange in the early 1930s as the hero of a series, originally published by George Newnes Books Ltd, set in the American Wild West era. Oliver Strange died in 1952, and ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a quick/sudden movement ▪ Don't make any quick movements that might scare the dog. a sudden absence ▪ It wasn't easy to deal with Hugh's sudden absence. a sudden dash ▪ He made a sudden dash for the door. a sudden ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sudden \Sud"den\, adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.] Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. --Milton.

Usage examples of sudden.

It seems likely that Raeder took this step largely because he wanted to anticipate any sudden aberration of his unpredictable Leader.

Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.

In the sudden brightness he saw Abraxas, first screaming in terror as the ocean rushed toward him, then pitching with the force of the water.

When he had turned on one of the impudent young bucks with a sudden snarl, Acer had laughed at him for his inability to take a joke.

Of a sudden, he ached to consummate this marriage with his wedded wife.

David and Deborah his manner remained always the same, jestingly ironic, scornfully loquacious, lovingly friendly of a sudden, then for a day, two days, a week utterly silent, while his eyes roved, his ears were acock listening for a step.

I guessed that my sudden and completely unexpected attack would have permanently acounted for two or three of the seamen, and may have wounded one or two others.

To prevent, therefore, any such suspicions, so prejudicial to the credit of an historian, who professes to draw his materials from nature only, we shall now proceed to acquaint the reader who these people were, whose sudden appearance had struck such terrors into Partridge, had more than half frightened the postboy, and had a little surprized even Mr.

It was with a sudden shock that the boy realized he was adrift in space.

You may trace a common motive and force in the pyramid-builders of the earliest recorded antiquity, in the evolution of Greek architecture, and in the sudden springing up of those wondrous cathedrals of the twelfth and following centuries, growing out of the soil with stem and bud and blossom, like flowers of stone whose seeds might well have been the flaming aerolites cast over the battlements of heaven.

One of those sudden storms of summer had blown up from the sea, and Peggy knew enough of Long Island weather to know that these disturbances were usually accompanied by terrific winds--squalls and gusts that no aeroplane yet built or thought of could hope to cope with.

A sudden, agonizing fiery ball of pain shot through him, choking his words, making him stagger slightly.

Overwhelmed by a sudden, inexplicable fury, he caught Alec by the wrist and shoved him roughly away.

Feeling a good deal less confident all of a sudden, Alec unbuckled his sword and started up the garden wall.

He stepped closer and caught her shoulders in a sudden move that Alienor had not anticipated.