sudden appearance

collocation in English

meaningsofsuddenandappearance

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sudden
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌd.ən/us
/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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appearance
noun
uk
/əˈpɪə.rəns/us
/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The elves'suddenappearancesurprised the shoemaker.
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First, thesuddenappearanceof the stimulus appears to attract the animal's attention.
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How were they to conceptualize thesuddenappearanceof this new spatial environment?
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Thesuddenappearanceof these genera represents a major reinvasion of the basin by neocomitid ammonites.
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In the basic condition, the onset was thesuddenappearanceof a white disk and the offset its extinction.
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A single fusion event occurs at 6 s as indicated by thesuddenappearanceof a bright content dye signal.
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Thesuddenappearanceof this bad money will cause good money to disappear.
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One of the main causes of road accidents is thesuddenappearanceon the roads of cats and dogs.
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After a long and hard winter it is easy to imagine that thesuddenappearanceof a swallow means that summer is approaching.
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The fear among fish at thesuddenappearanceof seals has to be seen, as it was by me, to be believed.
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We all know that the most effective deterrent on any highway is thesuddenappearanceof the police car with its flashing lights.
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It is marked by thesuddenappearanceof a masked individual.
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However, thesuddenappearanceof a real ghost makes everyone run for their lives.
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Note that the reverse case (suddenappearance, shrinking or splitting of attractors) can also occur.
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The fear of hissuddenappearanceis considered a deterrent to engaging in illicit behavior.
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These movements are fast and are activated by thesuddenappearanceof stimuli.
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The book begins with thesuddenappearanceof a strange creature in a turn-of-the-century manor house.
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Initially taken aback by hissuddenappearance, she eventually agrees to a date and the two fall in love.
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When the creatures first emerge from the shaft, theirsuddenappearancescares the elderly night watchman to death.
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Itssuddenappearancecenturies after the actual events took place makes just one piece of evidence for this.
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Part of the controversy is due to the rathersuddenappearanceof the hotspot in the geologic record.
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It is obvious that an animal needs to respond quickly to thesuddenappearanceof a predator.
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Evolved local varieties which migrated into a wider area would seem to be thesuddenappearanceof a new species.
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Part of the controversy is due to the relativelysuddenappearanceof the hotspot in the geologic record.
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