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all of a sudden

adverb as in abruptly

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"It's like something that you wouldn't believe can happen and you were wishing for it to happen and then it's coming true all of a sudden."

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It’s like he’s up again, and then all of a sudden the rug gets pulled out from underneath him again.

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“They’re like, ‘Can I just be a kid or do I have to all of a sudden be an adult?’”

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We were having a normal day when all of a sudden there was a massive bang and police everywhere.

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Friedman continued, “We’ve seen it time and time again with guys who have scuffled and all of a sudden found it and they roll off a heater.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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