all of a sudden

Example Sentences

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Or a simple thing I say can all of a sudden help this person do their job better.

From The Wall Street Journal

He had always wanted to forget that part of his life but "all of a sudden, it was like my mother was calling in the darkness of the night".

From BBC

I needed to feel free and had everybody aware that if I’m moving all of a sudden, we’ve got to go and we’ve got to figure it out.

From Los Angeles Times

Then all of a sudden, this person had gone and worked with someone else, and things were sounding similar.

From Los Angeles Times

“I grew up wanting to skate, but I just never had the time. And then all of a sudden, I had a lot of time,” she says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times