All 26 Uses of
abrupt
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- Abruptly through the whirling lights there was an intrusion.†
Chpt Iabruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- 'That status will change,' said Havilland, abruptly serious.†
Chpt 2
- The man from the CIA abruptly turned, went through the door, and closed it.†
Chpt 4
- He had melted into the crowds in front of the terminal, dodging, weaving, going from one pocket to another, then abruptly standing motionless on the sidelines, concentrating on the patterns of movement behind him, looking for someone he had seen moments before, a face or a pair of anxious eyes directed at him.†
Chpt 15
- There was a whistling sound that stopped as abruptly as it had started.†
Chpt 17
- Staples had abruptly hung up.†
Chpt 22
- The chase began, but abruptly, without any indication, it was different.†
Chpt 22
- The soldier abruptly, out of character, bent over, holding his left side, recovering quickly and shaking his head; the weapon had been rammed again into his ribcage.†
Chpt 23
- 'Later, perhaps,' replied Jason, his voice abruptly calm again.†
Chpt 24
- The minister abruptly hung up.†
Chpt 26
- He bent down, kneeling in the underbrush, and watched the car pass by, fascinated by the sight of a bicycle strapped to its roof, then concerned when moments later the noise of the engine was abruptly cut off; the car had stopped around the r bend ahead.†
Chpt 26
- Then, abruptly, there was a change in the relative distances between the pebbles.†
Chpt 26
- A deafening scream filled the glen; the crowd was abruptly silent.†
Chpt 27
- Men ran out of the barracks, a number towards the hangar, others behind their quarters where the engines of unseen vehicles abruptly roared.†
Chpt 29 *
- Sheng fired as Delta instinctively pivoted to his right, spinning in mid-air as he pulled his knife from his belt, then planted his foot on the ground, reversing direction and abruptly lunged towards Sheng.†
Chpt 37
- The sign came — two abrupt nods — as the priest turned and walked through the beaded entrance of a raucous cabaret.†
Chpt I
- 'And?' said Marie, disturbed by her husband's abrupt silence.†
Chpt 4
- There was an abrupt click, and David, perspiring, hung up the phone.†
Chpt 5
- 'Good heavens, that's so abrupt, so discourteous.†
Chpt 5
- The little things, the goddamned little things — the unimportant daily trivia became so terribly important and had to be taken care of so that there would be no sign whatsoever of an abrupt departure without a planned return.†
Chpt 6
- The assistant manager had come to an abrupt halt, his body lurching forwards, as an anxious person in a hurry will do when he has suddenly remembered something or changes his mind.†
Chpt 9
- The sound of the footsteps had been abrupt and recent, and judging by the pace, they had begun no more than 60 or 70 feet away.†
Chpt 10
- He climbed swiftly, silently, stopping as before with every screech of a bird, every flutter of wings, each abrupt cessation of the cricket symphony.†
Chpt 16
- He had survived in the jungles; without thinking — only feeling — he knew their curvatures, their vines, the sudden pits and the abrupt ravines.†
Chpt 16
- Suddenly again, with no warning whatsoever, a cacophony of Oriental music swelled, the cymbals and primitive wood instruments reaching abrupt crescendos with each stride of the ragtag band that marched down the street, its followers carrying placards mounted with flowers.†
Chpt 22
- Their red-striped passports were studied, sent to an inside office and amid many abrupt smiles on the part of a cousin, the honoured diplomats were rapidly passed through.†
Chpt 37
Definitions:
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(1)
(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle -
(2)
(abrupt as in: she is abrupt) rude or unfriendly because of using too few words or moving too quickly