The rain ceased abruptly, as if it had been turned off.

He'd never heard of Miami before it abruptly ceased to be.

The words died in his throat as all movement and sound abruptly ceased.

The pressure ceased abruptly, and he felt the cold, hard barrel move away from his head.

These pleasures ceased abruptly with the start of the war.

He almost cried out, but then the pain abruptly ceased.

The channel abruptly ceased operations at 9 am on May 30, 2013.

Lord's connection with his ground ceased rather abruptly in 1825.

But then I realized that all conversation throughout the great hall had abruptly ceased.

The whistling came again, clear and simple, then abruptly ceased.