When this happens, one plate moves past the other, suddenly causing the Earth's surface to split.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

He said he was busy taking pictures when he suddenly had to do something else.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

You come upon the canyon suddenly, when you reach its edge.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

"What happens when you get close to an anniversary is suddenly those images are back on TV.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Earthquakes generally occur when the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust move suddenly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Both subjects are high priority for Seoul. Six South Koreans drowned last month when the North suddenly released water from a dam, flooding camping areas in the South.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Havens recently told this reporter that he had already been onstage for nearly three hours when he played that song, which suddenly sprang to mind from his doo wop and gospel days back in Brooklyn.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15