Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Suddenly

As suddenly as sudden death.
—Anonymous

Rise up suddenly like the dry corpse which stood upright in the glory of life when touched by the bones of the prophet.
—Anonymous

Suddenly, like a thunder-bolt.
—R. D. Blackmore

Flashed suddenly … as love of youth at first sight.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Suddenly as a rain sound can pass from your ear.
—John Ford

More suddenly than doth a moment go.
—John Keats

Suddenly … like a ghost from the tomb.
—Ruth Putnam

Broke as suddenly as a widow’s saving bank.
—Walter Trumbull