How to Use sudden in a Sentence

sudden

adjective

• She had a sudden urge to be outside.
• His death was very sudden.
• Sudden fame can be difficult to deal with.
• I was surprised by her sudden decision to quit.
• The director's sudden departure leaves the organization's future uncertain.
• The way the concrete wall brought the river to a sudden halt.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• No need for Dak Prescott to sweat the sudden presence of Trey Lance.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• The week ahead could bring a sudden change that leaves you breathless.
  — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
• All of a sudden, the fans who had been cheering went silent as the Hersey star writhed in pain.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• All of a sudden the Razorbacks are up 2 scores on the road.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
• In the movie, Lisa dies from a sudden heart attack while at a restaurant with Monk.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• In the wake of her sudden loss, Robinson was inspired to become a doula.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 15 Feb. 2024
• All of a sudden, in November of last year, the money was gone.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• There was a fold-out couch in the recovery room, and when Pesch closed it, there was a sudden, loud sound.
  — Edward Chen, STAT, 5 Apr. 2023
• All of a sudden, the thorny question has turned into a hair on fire problem.
  — Seth Joseph, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• The sudden loss of sunlight has second- and third-order effects too.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
• Then all of a sudden, over the weekend, everyone cared.
  — Justin Vallejo, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2023
• The sudden visibility of AI over the past year has turned heads.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• All of the sudden, things don't seem so rotten for head coach Giovanni Savarese's side.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2023
• All of a sudden a paddle falls right on my face causing my lips to just start gushing blood.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• Overall, the sudden rush for the exits meant that Jamaica has lost about 10 percent of its teachers in just the last two years.
  — Simon Romero Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• But for Brea, the seemingly sudden flick of a switch was defeating.
  — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• After being in this band for 20 years, and then all of a sudden there’s this salacious gossip.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• Even the New York Times now says her sudden adoption of blood-curdling rhetoric has been an obstacle to a deal.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• And then all of a sudden, something rich and more textured is happening.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2023
• The impact was so severe that one passenger claimed his shirt was ripped off from the sudden pressure in the cabin.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
• All of a sudden, the energy changed, and all these men in suits started coming into the studio.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• In areas where onshore winds pile water against the coastline, a 1 to 3 foot storm surge, or sudden rise in sea level, can’t be ruled out.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• After two days of reports circulating that the Ducks and Huskies were pushing to leave for the Big Ten, there was a sudden turnabout.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Should the drugs be discontinued before or during pregnancy, any sudden weight gain (or regain) by the mother could similarly affect the health of her child.
  — Gary Taubes, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024