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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.
Wikidata
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
I was very unstable. I wasn’t thinking right. So I hooked up with these guys and all of a sudden I’m a stick-up artist. I stuck up every nightclub in New York, i’m no angel.
Women’s sexuality is very complicated. It’s not a matter of just taking that pill by the way, and then all of a sudden the lights go on, you have to feel good about your body. You have to feel good about yourself. You have to feel the guy really loves you. … It’s complex. It’s not the same as a man taking a pill.
All of a sudden my bills are getting paid, my credit is improved, and my weight’s getting better. I think I'm going to leave women alone for a minute.
I can’t express or explain what came over me, but all of a sudden, I genuinely was like, ‘Oh, my God, I feel like a part of my heart just got ripped out.’ It was the weirdest feeling, it doesn’t take away from who I am as a person, but it just adds an entire different layer.
It turns out that there are too few people doing this stuff, because there hasn't been a market for it, and all of a sudden, you go from nobody reading it, to Warren adopts it, to the Post Office adopts it, to Kirsten Gillibrand adopts it.
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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