My mother stood abruptly, snatching the necktie and my father's letter from Luz's hands.
He stands abruptly, visible at last in a blue hooded top.
"I think that's a bad idea, don't you?" She stood abruptly.
He stands, abruptly, and extends a big hand beneath a bigger smile: "Cooking is good too, but I prefer sex".
– In that case… the Poor Thing scraped her chair back and stood abruptly… I'll be going.
Santa stood abruptly and kicked over a footstool.
Take, for example, Og, Stan said— —and Og, behaviorally cued, stood abruptly at half-mast, swung his knobby arms about, and glared menacingly at the weaseliest-looking audience members.
When he saw us copying the e-mail address, he stood up abruptly.
Mr. Nakamura, the nation's youngest grandmaster, stood up abruptly, as if he had sat on a tack.
I love you so much!" An aide cleared his throat and Ms. Khakamada stood up abruptly behind her desk.
She stood up abruptly in her office, then added, a catch in her voice, "Sometimes I can't even watch these tapes".
