He jumped abruptly down to the ground and began to walk toward the nearest hilltop.

As there are many topics in the book, the content of the chapters jumps abruptly from one subject to another.

He first played for his native county in 1877 and the following year jumped abruptly to the front rank of batsmen.

But get to the last page and the stories jump abruptly from 2007 to 2004 - cutting out the exact period covered in the lawsuit.

With this scheme, the input variable's state no longer jumps abruptly from one state to the next.

The screen version often jumps abruptly in time.

Instead, he jumps abruptly to the mostly familiar narrative of last fall's anthrax attacks.

John abruptly jumps from a corner with a rifle in hand.

Dunlop abruptly jumped, dropped the gun, beginning to understand.

Subble's estimate of manta intellect jumped abruptly as he watched what followed.