All 10 Uses of
abrupt
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- Lash folded abruptly, in evident pain.
p. 36..1abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- When Louie offered to fly on three engines if the lieutenant joined them, the lieutenant abruptly changed his mind.
p. 62..3
- Then, abruptly, the downward motion stopped, and Louie was flung upward.
p. 99..3
- Then, abruptly, the corporal swept forward, walking with chin high, chest puffed.
p. 171..7
- As the POWs watched, a lone Japanese fighter raced up, then abruptly, startlingly, flew straight into a bomber, shattering and raining down on Tokyo Bay.
p. 191..8
- Then, abruptly, the violence stopped.
p. 220..3
- The men fell silent, piecing together the rumors of one giant bomb vaporizing a city and the abrupt end to the war.
p. 224..8 *abrupt = sudden and unexpected
- Late in his last lap, there was an abrupt slicing sensation in his ankle.†
p. 254..7
- Louie turned abruptly and walked away.
p. 266..9abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- Then she left abruptly, without paying her hotel bill.
p. 272..6
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