Sudden

Examples

• No, she said softly, laughing at his sudden quickness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And what can have urged you to so sudden a departure? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The most obvious conclusion from this is, that human nature is in general pusillanimous; since upon the sudden appearance of any object. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I saw the sudden change that came upon him beneath my gaze. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• In sudden low spirits, Twemlow replies, 'I don't think he would. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But as he followed Madame Olenska into the hall he thought with a sudden hunger of being for a moment alone with her at the door of her carriage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The honest Irish maid-servant, delighted with the change, asked leave to kiss the face that had grown all of a sudden so rosy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The time, however, was spent in strengthening the intrenchments and making our position generally more secure against a sudden attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Such sudden alternations from mental vacuity do sometimes occur thus quietly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But, to return to our friends, whom we left wiping their eyes, and recovering themselves from too great and sudden a joy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A sudden recollection had flashed on her this moment--she had not money enough for undertaking a long journey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She stole a sudden glance at the face close to hers, and then she gave a little frightened gasp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Oh dear me, I must get some string, or silk, or—Oh, she cried, struck with a sudden thought, have you a knife? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• A sudden quiet came over her, and she has gone about her work, ever since, like a woman in a dream. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Jo's sudden change of tone made the girls laugh, but all looked rather anxious, and no one said a word as Snodgrass took his seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The title gave him a sudden start, too; and he could not avoid casting a wistful glance round the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Gudrun's heart leapt in sudden terror, profound terror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A sudden impulse came over him to enter, and see if they were indeed the proofs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The official turned towards him with sudden distrust. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Indeed,' said Glaucon, 'I cannot tell you on a sudden. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Then there was one that we did not hear coming until the sudden rush. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The sudden and romantic appearance of his son in the lists at Ashby, he had justly regarded as almost a death's blow to his hopes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• With the coming of the machine inventions and the new industrial and social ideas of the eighteenth century came an almost sudden new appreciation of the value of time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

Editor: Ronda