Suddenness

Examples

• The suddenness of the effect can be accounted for only by a cause which can operate suddenly, the accidental variations of the seasons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The cattle came upon me with like suddenness, staring out of their eyes, and steaming out of their nostrils, Halloa, young thief! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The poor child had attached herself greatly to us; and the suddenness of her death added to our sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Lily flushed at the suddenness of the attack; then she stiffened under it and said coldly: And may I ask where you mean me to go? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• With dramatic suddenness he struck a match, and by its light exposed a stain of blood upon the whitewashed wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the suddenness of the event, Mrs. Shaw became bewildered and hysterical, and so the precious time slipped by. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It is the suddenness, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Once more, the two spectators started, as he turned upon her with a frightful suddenness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The suddenness of the noise occasions her to turn, and then for the first time she sees Sir Leicester Dedlock in his chair. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The blood rushed to his forehead; and, taken aback by the suddenness of her surrender, he caught her two hands awkwardly in his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The suddenness of an orphan's rise in the market was not to be paralleled by the maddest records of the Stock Exchange. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Smallweed asks, a little dashed by the suddenness of this turn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The suddenness, the freedom, the disrespect of the action were too much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Stephen coloured to find himself with his hat in his hand, in his gratitude for being spoken to, or in the suddenness of it, or both. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Doubtless you are startled by the suddenness of this discovery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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