All 17 Uses of
abrupt
in
Harry Potter (#3) and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Perhaps Uncle Vernon was worried that Harry might forget their bargain; in any case, he changed the subject abruptly.†
Chpt 2
- The conductor stopped abruptly.
Chpt 3 *abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- Woss that on your 'ead?" said Stan abruptly.†
Chpt 3
- After a while, Stan remembered that Harry had paid for hot chocolate, but poured it all over Harry's pillow when the bus moved abruptly from Anglesea to Aberdeen.†
Chpt 3
- "Hogwarts?" he said abruptly.†
Chpt 4
- She settled herself behind her desk and said abruptly, "Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you were taken ill on the train, Potter."†
Chpt 5
- Why didn't you let me fight it?" said Harry abruptly.†
Chpt 8
- Fudge's voice stopped abruptly.†
Chpt 10
- Malfoy knows," he said abruptly.†
Chpt 11
- It's my fault," said Ron abruptly.†
Chpt 14
- She turned abruptly from Harry and Ron's table, breathing rather heavily as she tugged her gauzy shawl more closely to her.†
Chpt 15
- But he stopped abruptly at the sight of their faces.†
Chpt 16
- Abruptly, as though the tree had been turned to marble, it stopped moving.†
Chpt 17
- Black said abruptly to Harry as they made their slow progress along the tunnel.†
Chpt 20
- Snape collided with Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron, who had stopped abruptly.†
Chpt 20
- They pelted toward it, and Harry, running flat out, felt the cold without realizing what it must mean The yelping stopped abruptly.†
Chpt 20
- "I would like to speak to Harry and Hermione alone," said Dumbledore abruptly.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle