Why did this marvelous moment have to be interrupted so abruptly?

He strode down the corridor, and was abruptly interrupted by the sound of running feet.

This work was abruptly interrupted in autumn 1997 with the fall into a heavy depression.

The series is often abruptly interrupted by parody commercial breaks.

This period was abruptly interrupted with the fall of the Venetian republic in 1797.

We were abruptly interrupted by a small, noisy, elderly mob.

His career was then abruptly interrupted when he contracted poliomyelitis.

My thoughts were abruptly interrupted by a thunder of hoofs.

His career was abruptly interrupted in 1950, when he was arrested for having sexual relations with a 17-year-old male.

The debate was abruptly interrupted by a minor alarm.