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all of a sudden
Idioms and Phrases
Entirely without warning, abruptly, as in All of a sudden the lights went out . In Shakespeare's day the common phrase was of a sudden , the word all being added in the late 1600s. Also see all at once , def. 2.Example Sentences
All-of-a-sudden Jehosophat felt very funny near the pit of his stomach.
It was a new, all-of-a-sudden gray, and in less than a week—so Margaret once told me—bleaching its brown gold to silver.
And Marmaduke liked all-of-a-sudden things to happen--they were so exciting.
And all-of-a-sudden Fatty let go of his coat, and Jehosophat found himself on his feet and on his way to the platform.
Then all-of-a-sudden, from somewhere above them on the outside of the Earth, they heard a great roar.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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