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Example sentences for "suddenly"

Lexicographically close words:
suddain; suddaine; suddainly; sudden; suddenlie; suddenness; suddent; suddint; sudeva; sudna
  1. One day my father suddenly came into the room where I was reading the Acts of the Apostles.

  2. I at once suddenly ceased visiting Mr. Adler and thought of getting Christianity out of my head entirely.

  3. Suddenly a voice cried: 'The Massgiach (overseer) is coming.

  4. The deadly scourge of cholera prevailed in Bagdad to an alarming extent in 1846, and in a very few weeks several thousands were suddenly taken off by it, and missionary work was consequently suspended.

  5. When on his journey back he spent a night at Regensburg, and awoke early in the morning, there suddenly appeared to him near his bed, the form of a friendly woman, dressed in white, who looked at him complacently.

  6. The result was that the Pope suddenly fled in disguise to Mayence and returned to Judaism.

  7. In November, 1815, a daughter was born to him; another, four years of age, suddenly died on the same day.

  8. The working community that is suddenly glutted by an afflux of work and wages is in exactly the same position as the savage who is suddenly enabled to fill himself with a rich mass of decaying blubber.

  9. In 1889, when the third Volapük Congress was held, it was at the height of its success, but thereafter dissension arose, and its reputation suddenly collapsed.

  10. He extended his hand, Lucilla seized it, as if by impulse; and conveying it suddenly to her lips, bathed it with tears.

  11. My dear Lady Delville," said Constance, suddenly turning her bright countenance on the countess with an expression of delighted surprise, "will you forgive me?

  12. It was as he spoke that the young Lucilla, who, with fixed eyes and lips apart, had been drinking in their conversation suddenly rose and left the room.

  13. We do not read that he suffered or grieved over this--not even when the blindness which had been gradually creeping upon him suddenly climaxed, and he was plunged into almost total darkness.

  14. But it will come, and if no one can tell how long the interval of trial may be, so also no one can say but that the deliverance may arrive suddenly and with a surprise of mercy.

  15. A wonderful picture of Rossetti's represents a young couple who are suddenly confronted in a lonely forest by the apparition of their two selves as simply petrified with terror at the appalling spectacle.

  16. Then we are suddenly transported to an entirely different scene.

  17. The poet suddenly drops the construction in the third person and writes in the first person.

  18. Possibly we have been oblivious of our own character, until suddenly we are awakened to our true state, to be overwhelmed with shame at an unexpected revelation of sordid meanness, of despicable selfishness.

  19. It is as though scales had fallen from the sufferer's eyes; he sees all things in a new light, and some ugly facts which had been lying at his side for years disregarded suddenly glare upon him as horrible discoveries.

  20. Suddenly a thick-set man emerged from the shadow of the pines.

  21. Suddenly something white appeared in the centre of this illuminated ring.

  22. Suddenly the draught of the great gale rushing through the house caught the opened door and crashed it to.

  23. One more turn, then suddenly the canoe beneath them was lifted like a straw and tossed high into the air.

  24. Suddenly he bade his friend good-night, and took a hansom.

  25. Therefore it came to pass that when the scrubbing with hot cloths and the artificial respiration had gone on for somewhere about twenty minutes, Geoffrey suddenly crooked a finger.

  26. After enough had been sold to pay the debt, and while the mob was still laughing and shouting, suddenly the back door of the house opened and out rushed Jones, now quite drunk, a gun in his hand and Bones hanging on to his coat-tails.

  27. Then suddenly a cold wind seemed to breathe upon his face and lift his hair, and everything was gone.

  28. Suddenly she turned and faced him--turned like a thing at bay.

  29. Suddenly he became aware of a most extraordinary sense of oppression.

  30. Geoffrey noticed that he bungled over some of the words, then suddenly remembered Beatrice had told him that she had written the sermon, and was all attention.

  31. Then suddenly it seemed to Dick that a miracle had been wrought.

  32. When a whippoorwill suddenly gave out his loud notes from a neighboring tree, the nervous Roger started as if he had been shot, and even thrust forward a hand, as though ready to snatch up his gun.

  33. He figured on trying his skill, even should the elk suddenly take the alarm, and start to run away.

  34. Suddenly he stood still, and clutched the sleeve of his companion's tunic.

  35. Suddenly a gust of wind came sweeping across the river, and made the dugout rock violently.

  36. So the days passed, and the pioneer boys were enjoying themselves vastly; but the time came when the peaceful scene was suddenly changed.

  37. But he was electrified to hear Dick suddenly call out: "I really believe it's getting lighter, because I can see things out there that I couldn't a while ago.

  38. Ten minutes later he suddenly called out: "Look!

  39. It was while they were jogging contentedly along during this particular morning that Dick suddenly drew rein, and raised a hand with a movement that his companion understood meant that he was to listen.

  40. She walks slowly towards the door, then suddenly drops upon the ottoman in a paroxysm of weeping.

  41. Suddenly she starts, turning her head towards the door.

  42. Suddenly realising the horror and hopelessness of her position, and starting to her feet with an hysterical cry of rage.

  43. That, the phrasing of Chavvorth's question, and a major threat to this Empire came together in a conclusion as frightening as it was suddenly obvious.

  44. No reason, really, but most people who suddenly get a lot of money do change.

  45. Then, the excitement over, they suddenly realized that they were hungry and ran another race back to camp.

  46. As if that had been the grand climax, the storm ceased almost as suddenly as it had begun.

  47. Suddenly around the turn of the trail rose a huge brown form that gave a startled grunt, rising inquiringly on its shaggy hind legs and swinging its long head from side to side.

  48. That the cave had its depths he felt assured by their having so suddenly appeared with their torches.

  49. Suddenly it began narrowing its yellow eyes at what must have been a movement behind the rock whence it had emerged.

  50. Suddenly below them lay the bowl of the ancient crater, bordered by snow fields now gray with ash.

  51. Ace was just beginning, when the floor suddenly gave way beneath him, and he fell down a ten foot well, landing on all fours, in Stygian blackness.

  52. Three Mexicans, aglitter with the silver buttons of their native costume, appeared suddenly from some black depth, carrying torches.

  53. Vainly endeavoring to make himself heard, he was suddenly thrown from his position, and must have gone overboard but for his catching the backstay and by this reaching the deck.

  54. As he did so, the form suddenly vanished.

  55. Rushing forward, he was suddenly seen to throw himself down.

  56. It was nearly sundown, when Tom Turk suddenly balancing himself upon his toes, was heard singing out: "Land, oh!

  57. Walking about the rocks, Harry suddenly uttered a glad cry.

  58. Suddenly he became aware of a noise like a porpoise blowing, and turning, beheld Tom Turk, who had just risen alongside of him, clinging to the same spar to which he hung.

  59. It was a horrible sound, especially to Brand, who, with one hoarse scream, bounded backward on beholding the apparition suddenly vanish, as if melting away in the air.

  60. The supposed land had suddenly vanished--blown away by a mere puff of air.

  61. On he went, until suddenly he uttered a loud cry, as Harry disappeared from his sight.

  62. Suddenly a wail went up from the raft, a long, mournful wail--a half shriek of astonishment, and bitter disappointment.

  63. At daylight of the 11th no land was in sight, we therefore stood to the southward to make it but were obliged to tack off without seeing any, as we shoaled rather suddenly to five fathoms.

  64. From fifteen fathoms we deepened to twenty-one, but as quickly shoaled again to fifteen, and then suddenly to seven fathoms, hard sand.

  65. It came about by my suddenly realizing that I had very little indeed to say to these brothers--an uncomfortable enough feeling about people whom one has known long enough never to worry about having much or little to say to them.

  66. And as I stared rather satirically at her, Iris suddenly sat up in her chair and became very serious.

  67. Consuelo suddenly whispered fiercely, 'We must talk, you fool,' and began talking about something as loudly and as casually as she could.

  68. They don't take things easily enough, until, one day, they suddenly break and take things too easily!

  69. And I told him that no police in this world would beat my devilish cunning--and he suddenly let go of me, and roared with laughter, as though he would die unless he could laugh.

  70. But you see, all the half conscious fears of the past months had suddenly burst true and shaken me quite beyond myself.

  71. This again, as the principal part of the provisions was of course down in the hold, would have been attended with great difficulty, if the Vega had been suddenly in the night cut into by the ice at the water-line.

  72. For larger vessels it is not advisable to go in shallower water than eight to nine fathoms, because the depth then diminishes rather suddenly to from three to four fathoms.

  73. Suddenly from his seat Did Humpty-Dumpty slip.

  74. At night if he suddenly screams and wakes, Do they bring him only a few small cakes, or a Lot, For the Ahkond of Swat?

  75. For then You will softly and suddenly vanish away And never be met with again!

  76. Suddenly Piers said: "What is wrong about Melville; there's something fresh, for I heard my mother talking about it before I was up.

  77. The post-boy cracked his whip, and the carriage was just starting, when Joyce suddenly turned ashen white, and sinking back in the carriage, the baby would have fallen had not Piers caught it by its cloak.

  78. Piers turned suddenly and threw his arms round his sister's neck.

  79. Joyce turned suddenly towards the spot by the font where the two gentlemen were standing, a bright blush and smile, made her look irresistibly lovely.

  80. Father," she said, suddenly stopping, "you are thinking of something that troubles you.

  81. Her usual vivacity and quick, sharp words seemed to have suddenly failed her.

  82. The meek man may be excited to fierce anger, the quietest and most undemonstrative, may suddenly be moved to enthusiasm.

  83. Miss Frowde shook her head, and was leading Joyce away, when she suddenly turned back.

  84. Suddenly the bishop turned sharply on Melville, looking him down from head to foot with anything but an approving glance.

  85. I wonder you are not ashamed to speak thus; you are--" The fierce torrent of angry words suddenly stopped.

  86. As they drove towards Wells, Gratian, after a pause suddenly said: "Aunt Bella, Maythorne is still in this neighbourhood.

  87. Walter and Lucy ran along the edge of the lake watching the quick movements of the dragon-flies, till, suddenly stopping, Lucy declared it was growing dark and she wanted to go home.

  88. Suddenly their appeared round a point two lovely white swans.

  89. After dipping into several depressions and surmounting several yokes, we suddenly overtopped the last ridge and looked down upon a tableland, which bore, like a tray of tea-things, the white buildings of a little village.

  90. And amid all this speculation on Helles, there came suddenly a rumour that, so far from the Turks attacking us, our whole line was about to assume the offensive and move forward.

  91. It was while strolling through this fancy-dress fair that we suddenly came upon the camp of the French, and were briskly saluted by a French sentry.

  92. I suddenly remembered a scene, wherein I lay in the baths at Kensingtowe, recovering from a faint, and Dr.

  93. He suddenly made reference to our punishment of the morning.

  94. Suddenly at an upward swing the slender strap broke, and the books crashed through the window.

  95. Suddenly a shrill-voiced boy sang out: "Put Ray on.

  96. It was the unseemly limit, he said, to watch all day for a periscope, and it would be the very devil suddenly to see one.

  97. And then we suddenly became conscious of new flashes playing among those of the lightning.

  98. In these latter days the gifted youth had suddenly discovered that all things French were perfect.

  99. Suddenly Rupert, who had kept his blue eyes on a sky but little bluer, cried out excitedly: "There they are!

  100. His oars remained motionless for a long time, till he suddenly commented: "H'm.

  101. Suddenly disconcerted, I heard the door slam, and found that Radley was face to face with me.

  102. At this point the other passenger at the table gave us a shock by suddenly disclosing his identity.

  103. Then suddenly he threw away theological weapons, and launched a specialised attack on each of us in turn, obviously suiting his words to his reading of our separate characters.

  104. Suddenly we stopped, let our hands fall to our sides, and began to walk like nuns in a cloister.

  105. A Chinese woman, listening to a recital of this redemptive work of God, turned suddenly to her neighbor and said, "Didn't I tell you that there ought to be a God like that?

  106. Suddenly a project of reorganization was announced, and stock amounting to five times the value of the property was placed upon the market.

  107. But the direct consequences were seen in the village whose prosperity was suddenly destroyed.

  108. The wind continuing contrary, and the sea very rough, we all remained on the shore, till the descent of a sulphurous and fiery vapour suddenly oppressed my weak lungs and put an end to my life.

  109. They are taught to watch the fortifications lest at some time a hasty attack should suddenly be made.

  110. Fevers occurring every fourth day are cured easily by suddenly startling the unprepared patients, and by means of herbs producing effects opposite to the humours of this fever.

  111. Louder and louder grew the sound until suddenly he awoke to find that it had not all been a dream.

  112. The courage of the fox seemed suddenly to fail, for he relinquished his hold upon the duck and fled, not pausing until he had put the ridge between himself and the dangerous black and white poultry thief.

  113. Swerving from his path, he was suddenly caught in the steel jaws which closed with an ugly click.

  114. Then suddenly Silver Spot, with the lightness of a wind-blown leaf, drifted into view a few paces away among the trees.

  115. At any rate his eyes suddenly grew red with anger and, with a roar, he charged straight toward the sleeping form beside the fire.

  116. Suddenly his unpleasant thoughts were interrupted by a scratching in the snow behind him, and turning quickly he saw a small black and white dog regarding him in a friendly manner.

  117. The young wolf was suddenly hurled backward as from a catapult, his neck being broken as he struck the ground, while upon the rock beside the old leader appeared a great white wolf, fangs bared and eyes glowing with savage fire.

  118. Then suddenly the wind veered, blowing strongly from the west and bringing with it the rain.

  119. The falls were alarmingly close when suddenly the eyes of the cub brightened.

  120. Then suddenly he seemed to understand and with a joyous bark trotted swiftly away and soon disappeared down a white corridor of the woods.

  121. Suddenly the wolf paused, his uplifted muzzle searching the breeze.

  122. With his cabin almost within sight, the trapper had begun to breathe more freely when suddenly the howl was repeated, this time so close that he stopped in dismay.

  123. Suddenly his heart seemed to stand still and he gazed down stream with bulging eyes.

  124. The baby's wanderings took her farther and farther from the house until, upon rounding the corner of the poultry house which overlooked the lonely pasture, she suddenly found herself face to face with a gaunt, gray timber wolf.

  125. Suddenly there came to his ears a long-drawn howl.

  126. Suddenly Beauvouloir knocked on the door of his room, opened it, and showed on his saddened face the reflection of some new misfortune.

  127. Seeing her thus, it was easy to divine that she had once been all gaiety and light-heartedness, but that fate had suddenly mown down her hopes, and changed her ingenuous gaiety to sadness.

  128. One morning the countess, giving herself up to the glad joy of all mothers when their first child walks for the first time, was playing with Etienne on the floor when suddenly she heard the heavy step of a man upon the boards.

  129. At that moment the storm, threatened by the melancholy moaning of the sea since sundown, suddenly burst forth.

  130. Suddenly the gentle creature appeared among the shadows, like the lily among its leaves, trembling before those mocking women thus informed of Etienne's love.

  131. The vision brought her suddenly to that morning, that ravishing morning, when in the grand old parlor panelled and carved in oak, which served the family as a dining-room, she saw her handsome cousin for the first time.

  132. The mother, who knew his nature, was even more surprised than the bonesetter, and she still retained her instinctive fears, showing them at times openly, for the courage of mothers seemed suddenly to have doubled her strength.

  133. Then suddenly the vision took her to the second period of her childhood, when as yet she understood nothing of the things of life.

  134. Holding the floundering black form at arm's length with no more effort than if it had been a terrier, Ranga suddenly tightened his hold.

  135. Suddenly he turned to me with: "Whitney, what do you say to a bit of a turn in the fresh air?

  136. A little later, when the dread face itself had been hidden from my sight, a light seemed suddenly to flash out in the distance, and in groping toward it I found relief.


  137. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "suddenly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    suddenly appeared; suddenly came; suddenly exclaimed; suddenly felt; suddenly heard; suddenly occurred; suddenly said; suddenly stopped; suddenly thought