He said something like that, then abruptly asked, "Do you have any idea how long we will be here for repairs?"

I asked abruptly, to put an end to it.

She asked abruptly, "Did you look at the young one?

He shivered and asked abruptly how the accident had happened.

He asked abruptly, "Well, what are you going to do now?"

I asked abruptly, needing either to change the course of the conversation or to leave.

Flame asked abruptly, the voice in his head startling him.

Jackie asked abruptly as she paused at the security man's side.

He swung to face her, asking abruptly, "Why didn't you tell me about our child?"

She paused and then asked abruptly, "What did they say in your letter?"