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Definitions for all of a sudden
all of a sud·den
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Princeton's WordNet
all of a sudden, all at onceadverb
without warning
"all at once, he started shouting"
suddenly, all of a sudden, of a suddenadverb
happening unexpectedly
"suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"
Wiktionary
all of a suddenadverb
Suddenly, quickly.
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all of a sudden
"All of a sudden" is a phrase used to describe an event or situation that happens unexpectedly and quickly, without any warning or indication beforehand. It is often used to highlight surprising or shocking occurrences.
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All of a Sudden
All of a Sudden was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's fifth album, released in 1982. It was his first of three albums with Geffen Records.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'all of a sudden' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3448
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of all of a sudden in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of all of a sudden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of all of a sudden in a Sentence
When it’s a great game, there’s just nothing like Super Bowl, you’re anticipating it all day, and you’re eating and you’re drinking with your friends and, all of a sudden, the game hits. You know, that’s my favorite part.
That is really dangerous, because now, all of a sudden, everyone’s got to kowtow to one opinion.
We had had pizza and so I took four pizza boxes, put them out in the studio, turned on all the lights, I started running the pizza boxes like bases and I’d slide into one every once in a while. And all of a sudden, he got it, and he nailed it.
I was taking a photo of the lemur when all of a sudden he climbed down and tried to grab my camera, he hung upside down and reached out towards my camera. I couldnt believe it, I was really surprised!
I don't think they're just linked, they kind of feed each other... it's a slippery slope when you think that the government has been hiding these things. All of a sudden, you become one of those people that's like,' can you trust anything on mainstream media ?'.
Translations for all of a sudden
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- فجأةًArabic
- হঠাত্Bengali
- najednouCzech
- pludseligDanish
- urplötzlichGerman
- de pronto, de repente, súbitamenteSpanish
- äkkiarvaamatta, äkisti, yhtäkkiä, äkkiäFinnish
- soudainement, soudain, tout d'un coup, tout à coup, subitementFrench
- gu gradScottish Gaelic
- váratlanul, hirtelenHungarian
- all of a suddenItalian
- 突然Japanese
- უცბად, უეცრადGeorgian
- pēkšņiLatvian
- plutseligNorwegian
- subitamentePortuguese
- вдруг, внезапно, неожиданноRussian
- plötsligtSwedish
- раптомUkrainian
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