Sentence examples for if not sudden from inspiring English sources
For just as the birth of spirit is joyous, because some nascent harmony evokes it, so the rending or smothering of that harmony, if not sudden, imposes useless struggles and suffering" (Birth of Reason, 53).
Cases were excluded if a headache onset was not sudden or if onset was not reported (even the headache was severe or a significant aetiology was subsequently found).
Or, if you're the orderly type, you might prefer a brisk but not sudden slide into oblivion.
"Not sudden blindness," she says.
The rise of crowdfunding is not sudden.
But unlike other warm winters in recent memory, this year's warm spell was regularly punctuated — if not punctured — by sudden plummets of chill.
There aren't sudden turning points.
It was gradual, it wasn't sudden.
And yet, one day after that remark, the Rangers' offense came (relatively) alive, scoring three goals and benefiting from a few sudden — if not divine — strokes of good fortune.
