Suddenly

Examples

• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He turned a corner suddenly, and Blucher went over his head. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Medora's hints-- Is it at your husband's request that she has arrived here suddenly? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I saw vessels near the shore, and found myself suddenly transported back to the neighbourhood of civilized man. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Suddenly I became as it were the father of all mankind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• At this proposal, my detective-fever suddenly cooled. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Suddenly she aroused herself and exclaimed, But I'll shake it off. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Gerald suddenly let go the horse and leaped forwards, almost on to Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The guess came so near the truth, I could not prevent a suddenly-rising warmth in my face from revealing as much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She suddenly looked up at me with a faint reflection of her smile of happier times--the most irresistible smile I have ever seen on a woman's face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• My aunt half rose from her chair, then suddenly sat down again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Suddenly Mrs Crich came noiselessly into the room, peering about with her strong, clear face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Birkin suddenly appeared in the doorway, in white pyjamas and wet hair, and a towel over his arm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She took up the other, and was examining it, when her father came in suddenly: 'So your mother is tired, and gone to bed early! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• With the death of the babe his fit of demoniacal rage passed as suddenly as it had seized him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I returned to my booksSylvie's sharp bark suddenly ceased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Yet how, on this dark and doleful evening, could you so suddenly rise on my lone hearth? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Wrights, still quiet and unassuming, suddenly jumped into fame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Sign there, he repeated, turning suddenly on Laura, and pointing once more to the place on the parchment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ursula was excited and happy, but she kept turning suddenly to catch hold of Birkin's arm, to make sure of him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Very true, said Napier, suddenly jumping up; and, having wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, he began briskly to make fierce love to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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