| abrupt change | 6.06 | How abrupt change can be. | ||
| abrupt end | 5.46 | The road came to an abrupt end. | ||
| abrupt halt | 4.94 | We come to an abrupt halt. | ||
| abrupt departure | 2.70 | His abrupt departure left her close to collapse. | ||
| abrupt resignation | 1.45 | The abrupt resignation of its music director. | ||
| abrupt reversal | 1.45 | It was an abrupt reversal. | ||
| abrupt shift | 1.45 | It seemed too abrupt a shift in thinking. | ||
| abrupt withdrawal | 0.99 | The abrupt withdrawal of DFS was awkward for all parties. | ||
| abrupt about-face | 0.86 | Menswear is doing an abrupt about-face for fall. | ||
| abrupt dismissal | 0.79 | Abrupt dismissals sometimes leave doctors and nurses without paychecks and insurance. | ||
| abrupt slowdown | 0.79 | With the abrupt economic slowdown, credit card companies expect more delinquencies and bankruptcies. | ||
| abrupt decision | 0.72 | That reversed an abrupt decision in December to call off the investigation. | ||
| abrupt cancellation | 0.66 | Both sides blamed each other for the abrupt cancellation of his trip. | ||
| abrupt stop | 0.66 | Tonya Harding came to an abrupt stop during skating practice, was the reply. | ||
| abrupt turn | 0.59 | It performed an abrupt left turn. | ||
| abrupt turnaround | 0.59 | The cutbacks are an abrupt turnaround for Kirshbaum. | ||
| abrupt rise | 0.46 | The temperature often begins an abrupt rise. | ||
| abrupt way | 0.46 | This is a rather abrupt way to come off heroin. | ||
| abrupt close | 0.39 | On that note the interview was brought to an abrupt close. | ||
| abrupt ending | 0.39 | They booed and chanted obscenities at the abrupt ending. |