Abruptness in example sentence

I was so embarrassed by the abruptness of his manner that I could but stammer out that I hoped I should do my duty, on which his stern mouth relaxed into a good-humoured smile, and he laid his little brown hand for an instant upon my shoulder.

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The abruptness of these moves contributed to financial panic and to a stoppage of credit flows within the East Asian economies.

In the Great Depression, one of the big surprises was the devastating abruptness with which markets turned on the US.

"Why, then, are you here idle when all that he holds most dear are in danger?" cried a voice with startling abruptness.

My mother was - ""An angel!" interrupted the old man, in a voice that startled the young soldiers by its abruptness and energy.

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