pregnant moment

Example Sentences

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So when the two first met at Chalamet’s final audition to read as Nic, it was a pregnant moment.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2018

Both shows have teased out worlds that slowly drifted toward a critical crossroads, and they’ve both paused at a pregnant moment, where the characters have a chance to push back against those in power.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2017

If you don't vote for it, don't come to me..."--he paused for a long and very pregnant moment before continuing--". and talk about teamwork.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that sense the secret is locked forever in the vast recesses of Burr’s famously enigmatic mind at that most pregnant moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

I knew it—knew that the pregnant moment for full confession had arrived; and yet I could not force my tongue to shape the words.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis