All 14 Uses of
abrupt
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
- As he stood there shaking and trying to master himself, the cold voice switched abruptly to English again.
Chpt 1abruptly = suddenly
- "What happened?" said Hermione anxiously, stopping so abruptly that Harry walked into her.
Chpt 9 *abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- But she broke off abruptly and looked over her shoulder.
Chpt 9abruptly = suddenly
- Hermione stopped talking abruptly; she and Ron watched Hedwig anxiously as she fluttered down onto Harry's shoulder, folded her wings, and held out her leg wearily.
Chpt 15
- Wondering what had caused his abrupt return to consciousness, he opened his eyes, and saw something with very large, round, green eyes staring back at him in the darkness, so close they were almost nose to nose.
Chpt 23abrupt = sudden
- Hermione stood up very abruptly, her butterbeer clutched in her hand as though it were a grenade.†
Chpt 24
- Snape stopped talking very abruptly.†
Chpt 25
- "We need to talk," said Karkaroff abruptly when he had reached Snape.†
Chpt 27
- "Must be nice," Ron said abruptly, when they had sat down and started serving themselves roast beef and Yorkshire puddings.†
Chpt 28
- "Just stay with him," said Harry, starting to get up, but his movement seemed to trigger another abrupt change in Mr. Crouch, who seized him hard around the knees and pulled Harry back to the ground.†
Chpt 28
- Then Fred said abruptly, "I've told you before, Ron, keep your nose out if you like it the shape it is.†
Chpt 29
- Wormtail's sobbing stopped abruptly.†
Chpt 33
- "And yet you ran from my Mark, when a faithful Death Eater sent it into the sky last summer?" said Voldemort lazily, and Mr. Malfoy stopped talking abruptly.†
Chpt 33
- "I liked Diggory," said Krum abruptly to Harry.†
Chpt 37
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