at that instant

Example Sentences

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The cameras weren’t on her at that instant, but the audience could be heard gasping as the image cut to co-hosts Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin tending to her.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2022

They’re also Lyft drivers at that instant in time as well.

From The Verge • Aug. 17, 2021

I wanted to beat myself up for stupidly not having her on a leash, but all I could do at that instant was chase after her.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2018

The instantaneous speed of the same particle, X, is the magnitude of the instantaneous velocity of X at that instant in space-time.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

But I have to be honest: at that instant I wasn’t really thinking about Ruth.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro