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all of a sudden

adverb as in abruptly

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“You’re certainly very curious all of a sudden,” Mom said as she put her hand on my forehead the way she does when I’m sick.

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He added: "Now, the mood is very different, and all of a sudden everyone is looking up the table and thinking now they are only one win from getting out of the relegation zone."

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Then all of a sudden comes, I don’t feel as content.

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I got to be a top guy all of a sudden.

“If the Canadian government thinks it’s going to all of a sudden do a big deal with China, it should think again,” Clow said.

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

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