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Discover LudwigThe phrase "abruptly began" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that starts suddenly or unexpectedly.
Example: "The meeting abruptly began without any prior notice, catching everyone off guard."
Alternatives: "suddenly started" or "unexpectedly commenced".
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Gould abruptly began scratching himself.
Around 1,000 years ago, tiny algae called diatoms abruptly began dominating the Black Sea's waters.
Thus the campaign abruptly began hammering at a new message, and one that undermined its core point about Mr. Obama, in order to peel off some critical segment of voters reflected in the latest data.
That's because last week, Phish, the Vermont jam rock band that more than any other took over the spiritual mantle of the Grateful Dead, abruptly began a hiatus of undetermined length.
Hearing that Washington was about to embark on a thirteen-state college tour, Adams abruptly began to patch things up with France, in a desperate bid to fix his predecessor's wagon.
After blocking all shipments of rare earth minerals to Japan since Sept. 21, and some shipments to the United States and Europe as well beginning in mid-October, Chinese customs officials abruptly began granting approval on Oct. 28 for most exports to resume.
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In the very last pages, however, he abruptly begins to soft-pedal his thesis with qualified and hedged assessments.
But suddenly, at about 500 feet, the jumper abruptly begins plummeting in a downward spiral and seems in a free-fall death plunge.
The cars were set to recognize when they were being tested and, if they were, to abruptly begin emitting far less nitrogen oxide than they would on the road.
Last month Mr. Haneke, 70, came to the New York Film Festival for the exhibition of "Amour," the story of a Parisian couple in their 80s, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, whose long, happy marriage is thrown into turmoil when the wife's health abruptly begins to fade.
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