Sentence examples for by abrupt from inspiring English sources

Partial recoveries were followed by abrupt relapses.

They found flat "terraces" punctuated by abrupt vertical steps.

Sometimes global financial markets' eagerness to lend results in unreasonable booms, followed by abrupt reversals.

Geochemical evidence suggests that the biomere extinctions were probably caused by abrupt drops in water temperature.

A sliding whine followed by abrupt chucks, it sounds a bit like a little boy imitating a dive bomber.

Cunningham's abstract dances vary greatly in mood but are frequently characterized by abrupt changes and contrasts in movement.

Surprise: It's another great example of jazz from that liminal period, its swing interrupted by abrupt interludes, streaking catchy melodies with dire, lemon-ice dissonance.

A tender romantic melody emerged out of modernist whole-tone harmonies and kept returning, besieged by clusters and rumbles, by abrupt interruptions, by high-speed runs and trills.

But that terminology took on a different meaning on Monday when banks across New York City were deluged by abrupt withdrawals of another kind: robberies.

The city has been shaken by abrupt alterations in its physical and cultural landscape, thanks to both human violence and acts of God.

Although the area is fertile and supports semideciduous forest, the ranges' descent to the surrounding plains is frequently steep and marked by abrupt cliffs.