A seizure is a sudden attack that may affect a person's mind or body for a short period.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

But a growing number of legal cases claim Toyota knew for a long time about the sudden acceleration issue with other vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

We used a lot of the stuff from real life." That insight into the funnier side of pregnancy includes the sudden and insatiable hunger that,in the film, strikes Zoe when she spies a pot of stew bubblingon the stove in Stan's kitchen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

The researchers say the report offers evidence that one or more comets were responsible for a sudden cooling period on Earth's surface.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

As he handed the basket to his wife, a sudden rush of cool rain put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Then all of a sudden Smiley's dog would grab that other dog by his back leg and hang on till the men said it was over.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Her face had grown white, and her eyes showed a sudden fear.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Sudden cold can be the biggest threat, especially after a warm period.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

"What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who'd done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance.

VOA: special.2011.01.20

But a sudden start to hard exercise can cause headaches.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

"This is an amazing feeling. You kind of dream about it for years and all of a sudden it's happening.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

The surge came from a sudden release by a hydropower dam further up the river in the North's territory.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"My daughter, Nicole Katherine Suchowiecky, collapsed on her playing field of her school and died of a sudden cardiac arrest,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Eric Calais,a geophysicist, says that sudden movement can follow a buildup of stress as adjacent plates struggle to move past each other.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13