Sentence examples for though abrupt from inspiring English sources

Here Sissako displays his artistry with a profound and subtle though abrupt choice: at the sound of the gun, there's a jump cut — he doesn't show the actual shooting, and it's not clear, at first, as the two grappling men descend to the water, who has been shot.

The move, though abrupt, may have been a long time coming.

Vera's sidekick, Inspector Joe Ashworth, understands his boss, though her abrupt summonses disturb his family life, for Vera is energised by murder.

He's confident in his military prowess, though the abrupt conclusion of the war in Cyprus wrong-foots him, but less confident in the love that Desdemona has for him.

For now, though, the abrupt leadership change in the Senate will make it much harder for Republicans to quickly enact their ambitious agenda when Congress returns next month, Republican and Democratic officials said.

Each song takes you on a journey with a gradual introduction, a satisfying core, and a cathartic (though sometimes abrupt) ending.

After an unfairly abrupt, though constitutional, impeachment his Liberal vice-president, Federico Franco, replaced him in 2012.

After Ratsimilaho's death in 1750, the confederation began an abrupt, though prolonged, disintegration.

The response in the street was abrupt, though it was hard to gauge the size of the demonstrations.

The goodbye to companions Amy and Rory were a bit abrupt, though in fairness I'm not good with goodbyes.

Nevertheless, oscillations of, and occur though not an abrupt change, and the fringes undulate correspondingly.