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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suddenly, all of a sudden, of a suddenadverb

    happening unexpectedly

    "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"

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  1. of a sudden

    "Of a sudden" is a phrase used to describe an event or situation that happens unexpectedly and quickly, without any warning or preparation. It is often used interchangeably with "all of a sudden" or "suddenly."

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of of a sudden in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of of a sudden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of of a sudden in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    All of a sudden, he's becoming this man of faith and he was heavy into the world of abortion.

  2. Cynthia Cristoforo:

    We heard like the roots snapping or something and all of the sudden there was this huge roar as the tree just came down on the house, cut through it.

  3. Brian Boucher:

    When you’re on the road and you haven’t faced the crowd in a year and all of a sudden the game starts slipping out of your hands and you’re trying to get it back, things can happen at 1,000 mph, for a player, if you haven’t been in that environment for a while, it takes some getting used to again.

  4. Tampa Police spokesman Stephen Hegarty:

    All of a sudden somebody started shooting.

  5. Cristina Baker:

    I just figured why not? i remembered I walked into this room and all of a sudden, these people started putting their hands on my shoulders. I thought it was strange. I certainly never experienced that before. The pastor then reads to me this Scripture from the bible and then says, ‘Would you like to receive the Lord into your heart?’.

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