Sentence examples for abrupt when from inspiring English sources

The shop assistant is abrupt when the question comes.

He remembers the day – and it was that abrupt – when the world went from monochrome to psychedelic.

The cosmic metaphor is appropriate because, no matter the preparation, the long-awaited switch will be abrupt when at last it comes.

The increase of the fraction of fibers broken upon strain cycling becomes more abrupt when this fraction exceeds 40% and the ratio exceeds 1.4.

From complementary experiments, performed by DSC, 1H NMR and small angle neutron scattering, we show that the phase transition of PNIPA is more abrupt when NIPA units are located within the backbone, compared to side-chains.

I thought of giving them to the hotel staff, but the concierge/guest services folks at the Sheraton had been under siege for days from all the traffic at the conference and were pretty rude and abrupt when I tried to leave the glasses with them.

Mr Bush's honeymoon with the Mexican president, Vicente Fox, came to an abrupt end when the United States shelved earlier plans for immigration reform (and when it later invaded Iraq).

The movement came to an abrupt halt when enemy forces blocked the way before Yorktown.

The stay came to an abrupt end when the friend was arrested for burglary.

It came to an abrupt close when ratings fell and personalities clashed.

The experiment came to an abrupt end when her father got wind of it.