Abruptly

Examples

• She abruptly thrust the letter (as the phrase is) into my face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I did not choose to ask any further questions, but turned abruptly away. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• By the way, observed the Rector abruptly, what about Eunice? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We see the same fact in ascending mountains, and sometimes it is quite remarkable how abruptly, as Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He felt like answering: I was, till I saw you again; but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She paused with a slight falter of embarrassment, and Trenor, turning abruptly, fixed on her a look of growing intelligence. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When next they met she said abruptly, He is much more respectable now than he was then! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• No, said the reddleman abruptly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• One morning, coming on me abruptly, and with the semblance of hurryshe said she found herself placed in a little dilemma. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The path has been cut half-way round the fall to afford a complete view, but it ends abruptly, and the traveler has to return as he came. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The gruff voice was gruffer than ever, as the old gentleman said abruptly, after the dreadful pause, So you're not afraid of me, hey? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We had gone perhaps a hundred yards when the party turned abruptly through a doorway at their right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He got up again abruptly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She left me abruptly, her naturally firm voice faltering as she spoke those last words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have done what you wished--what you advised, she said abruptly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We merely record the fact that Mr. Pickwick opened the room door, and abruptly called out, 'Tupman, come here! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I fear so; unless— Here Justinian paused abruptly, and walked rapidly along the mulberry avenue, in which they were now. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• After an hour or more, Bradley abruptly got up again, and again went out, but this time turned the other way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then let it alone, my boy, said Caleb, abruptly, else you'll never be easy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He stopped abruptly, and a shade came over his face. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Lily paused, and then said abruptly: The fact is, Aunt Julia, I owe some money. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At this particular point the hill on which the rebel work stands rises abruptly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Ainsi, he began, abruptly fronting and arresting me, vous allez tr?ner comme une reine; demain--tr?ner à mes c?tés? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Helena, your father is asking for you, he said abruptly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I will indeed send her to school soon, murmured Mrs. Reed _sotto voce_; and gathering up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Abruptly she stopped, and then cried: What have I said? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My dear (turning abruptly), you acknowledge an inestimable value in principle? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The crippling stones of the pavement, with their many little reservoirs of mud and water, had no footways, but broke off abruptly at the doors. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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