Example Sentences

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The abruptness of the reversal in Mizuhara’s account — that he stole from Ohtani — raised doubts about his new story at the time, some of which have lingered, the experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Brammer in an advice column for The CUT on how to handle being romantically ghosted — an experience in which the abruptness and lack of closure can necessitate a very real grieving process.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

Performed in the pared-down orchestration Stravinsky made in 1947, decades after writing the piece, “Petrushka” here seemed both to echo and to have generated the Lara concerto’s off-kilter abruptness, fearless colors and wry enigmas.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Because of the abruptness of this breakup, you might have been left blaming yourself.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler