abruptness

• “No sooner did they feel quite convinced that he was indifferent about his practice than they at once appreciated his services; what had been called abruptness now became truth and sincerity He was declared to be like Dr. Abernethy -- wonderfully clever, though slightly brusque in manner.”

  Wife in Name Only

• “The U.S. S.ate Department Monday expressed surprise at the -- quote -- "abruptness" and said other countries face their own decisions on whether to stay or go.”

  CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2004

• “If he roused himself from his brooding and began to talk, he always spoke with a kind of abruptness and never of what he really wanted to say.”

  The Brothers Karamazov

• “Miss Milray," said Clementina, with a kind of abruptness, "do you eva hear anything from Dr. Welwright?”

  Ragged Lady — Volume 2

• “I’m annoyed at his abruptness, which is even worse than usual.”

  Simon & Schuster: Disenchanted Princess

• “Concerns about the role of natural selection and the recognition that origin "abruptness" calls for theoretical revisions is reflected in Newman's views.”

  Telic Thoughts

• “Major resentments in the fleet flare up without the need for groundwork or foreshadowing, and go silent with equal abruptness.”

  MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica

• “Martha agreed, then suspended her utterance with suspicious abruptness.”

  ON THE MAKALOA MAT

• “He awoke to a strange noise, a pulsating, quickening series of wooshes, ones he had heard before, but could now not distinguish in the abruptness of his waking.”

  Fictionaut: One Last Word

• “On Mr. Gates's decision to eliminate the E.F.V., Mr. Rigell said, "The abruptness of the decision is concerning me.”

  The Huffington Post: Project On Government Oversight: Are House GOP Freshmen Seriously Interested In Cutting the Defense Budget?

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