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  • Finally they gave three cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, shook hands, formed up and marched off playing — till a kicking horse in the paddock put their pipes out something of the suddenest — we thought the big drum was gone, but Simele flew to the rescue.

    Vailima Letters 2005

  • One of the greatest and suddenest storms on record has just been experienced here, with results both strange and unique.

    Dracula 2003

  • Then, with the suddenest and most complete change of manner either Cloud or Joan had ever seen he said: 'Well, now that the formalities have been taken care of, Joan, how about us hopping a couple of skips around the floor?'

    Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972

  • "It's one of the suddenest diseases ever invented."

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01 Various

  • The rumble, of which they had long been conscious, of the suddenest seemed to become a roar, and, as they came to an open place where they could see the water again, they understood the reason.

    A Mating in the Wilds Ottwell Binns

  • Similes failed him of the suddenest, for in that instant the girl grew aware of him and checked her stride and song at the same moment.

    A Mating in the Wilds Ottwell Binns

  • Rye approached from the east is the suddenest thing in the world.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • I got to thinking about Cara, and I figured it out that she passed in her checks very, very sudden, and that the suddenest poison I knew was prussic acid.

    Death in Ecstasy Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1936

  • "The match is somewhat of the suddenest," said Simon Orts. "But I have known these impromptu marriages to turn out very happily -- very happily, indeed." he repeated, rubbing his hands together, and smiling horribly.

    Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918

  • "The affair is of the suddenest," Alain observed, and he now swung the lute behind him.

    Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918

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