Sentence examples for a pretty abrupt from inspiring English sources

"If a lot of the deals were up for renewal this second, it would probably come to a pretty abrupt halt," said Nigel Currie, director of Brand Rapport, a sponsorship agency in Guildford, England.

Fox says that otherwise, entering a call can be "pretty abrupt" since you don't know if they're lazing at home, in business mode at the office, or on the go.

1C" (24 hours) looks pretty abrupt proximally, but there looks to be a gradual gradient along the bit that extends out between the central veins.

It was pretty abrupt, and it was hard to deal with.

Well, I say, you can be pretty abrupt – at Blackheath station, she shouted out after me that I was a "patronising git" … She laughs.

Fair enough — the official Adobe announcement was pretty abrupt.

Without such an introduction of the subject of the study, the beginning of the abstract reads pretty abrupt and can be difficult for readers to grasp, unless they come back to it after reading the Introduction.

In terms of the TV apps' shutdown, this is a somewhat abrupt strategy shift.