The Soviet practice was to abruptly replace one agent with another.

The white noise was abruptly replaced by nearly vertical lines marching across the screen.

Yet in April 1989, the apathy was abruptly replaced by a political fervor, and the same could happen again.

Sony, stung by huge losses, abruptly replaced its Hollywood management.

The pastel skyscrapers fell behind, abruptly replaced by tall pines.

McGuire was abruptly replaced midway through the 1967-68 season after the team began the season with a 15-22 record.

The world on the main viewscreen was abruptly replaced by the head and shoulders of a dark, square-faced man.

And the most outlandish scenarios still have not come to pass: a governor abruptly replaced by a Senate president of the opposite party, for instance.

A production number abruptly replaces the stormy human conflicts.

He sipped the hot coffee loudly before abruptly replacing the cup with a minor clatter.