Riker, stunned and battered by his precipitous descent and its equally sudden ending, struggled to get to his feet.

All the while, his mind was equally opaque with thought, pondering the assassin's sudden appearance and his equally sudden death.

Three months later, Mr. Streiff's ride has ended after an equally sudden nosedive.

But just three seconds later, this was followed by an equally sudden four-degree heading change, nose left.

In short, she looked like what she was--a youthful woman given to sudden enthusiasm, and equally sudden outbursts of temper.

The equally sudden death of "Who's That Girl" proved once more that success in one medium cannot easily be transferred to another.

Iraq's decision to give way on the inspectors appeared equally sudden and unexpected.

Dozsa feared the trouble portended an equally sudden change in the air.

In the piece, these are felt as tempestuous episodes and equally sudden moments of stasis and ethereal calm.

The anger evaporated and left behind an equally sudden pit of lostness, aloneness.