with a dash "-" or a set of them like this:
I thought to myself, "The problem is unusual - it's only a dog!"
I was walking - it was a nice day in May - and I saw my friend.
The following - eg. I yelled "how are you, ti-" but mum cut me off
The motorcyclist made an abrupt lane change.
The government made an abrupt change in their policy.
A waterfall occurs when naturally flowing water undergoes an abrupt change in distance above sea level.
to get the reader's attention
Abrupt means quick or fast, so the phrase abrupt change means an altered course that is made fast or quickly.
The bus's abrupt stop sent people flying from their seats.Although brusque and abrupt, the speaker made a lot of sense.His abrupt change of topic left me confused.
An em dash is the width of an m. Use an em dash sparingly in formal writing. In informal writing, em dashes may replace commas, semicolons, colons, and parentheses to indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought.
yes
feedback loops
The rain brought an abrupt end to our picnic.Her abrupt change of heart doesn't make sense, and I just know there's something she's not telling us.Her daydream came to an abrupt end when she realized she had left her wallet on the park bench.After a perfectly cordial first meeting, his demeanor towards me changed for no reason that I can discern, and he's been cold and abrupt to me ever since.The plot and the acting were great, but the film was very poorly edited, with many abrupt cuts and scene changes.An abrupt drop in his blood pressure summoned a flurry of doctors and nurses to his bed.
to indicate a pause in the poem or a change in thought. kind of like a paragraph in an essay.