suddenness

Example Sentences

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“But the level of flooding and the suddenness and catastrophic impacts of it could very well be replicated in California,” Swain said during a media briefing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

The yacht’s captain, James Catfield, from New Zealand, told Italian media of the suddenness of the waterspout that turned a luxury super yacht into a death trap.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

The suddenness and thoroughness of the change “lets us seriously question whether the meeting of populations was one of love and peace and admixture,” Willerslev says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

“We’re talking about it and just kind of sharing the impact of the suddenness of a loss like that,” Carroll said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste-paper basket.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl