The authority's abrupt actions infuriated almost everyone except the investment bankers who profited from the deal.

Under circumstances such as those in which we were both recently placed there was no time for anything but very abrupt action.

These talks usually become high-stakes games, with each side threatening abrupt action.

Calmness and peace, rather than abrupt action, characterize Hicks' compositions.

At that sound Mr. Bunting was nerved to abrupt action.

He'd started to rise when his daughter offered the cup to Hansen, but his chair and the table trammeled the abrupt action.

This abrupt action convinced Mederic that some important secret was at stake and made him resolve to do his duty, cost what it may.

Everyone understands the need to insure that we prevent undue hardship and abrupt actions.

The company's abrupt action has left emergency units around the country scrambling.

This has made them a very patient people, preferring long-term plans over abrupt action.