all of a sudden

Example Sentences

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She explained: "It is the time when families see the increase in cost because all of a sudden their son's had a growth spurt or their daughter's had a growth spurt."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"We were recording in an office and all of a sudden the table moved and we all looked at each other," Ruiz told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“We’ve been having this conversation for 50 years. Why is it all of a sudden a problem now?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“People were playing memory, and then all of a sudden they were playing semicap, and then they were playing optical, and then power settings, and then CPUs,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Then all of a sudden I sort of jerked in front of the car.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott