sudden
Example Sentences
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While an antigenic drift occurs gradually, a shift is sudden and involves two strains merging genetic material, spontaneously creating a new strain entirely.
From Salon
If you do start skidding, stay calm, steer into the skid and avoid sudden movements like hitting the brakes.
From BBC
A selloff in October—triggered by a sudden escalation of the trade war with China—caused crypto funds to crash, thanks to record levels of borrowing applied by crypto traders External link to the sector.
From Barron's
Bonds don’t do well when investors are worried about sudden inflation spikes, as they were this past April.
From Barron's
We’re not shielded from the horrors, but they almost always happen offstage, implied or alluded to in the sudden vanishing of a loved one or a mournful reference to a death.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
