instant

Example Sentences

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She is still haunted, she said, by the instant before she left when she saw her own terror reflected in her neighbor’s eyes, and wondered if they would ever see each other again.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Even instant noodles are being fought over now. Our food is gone; we need food and rice. Access to us is completely cut off."

From BBC

It was his second touchdown catch in three plays, as the first was nullified because Harbaugh had called timeout an instant before the snap.

From Los Angeles Times

The dramaturgy is too complex, the intelligence too quick-footed and the language too dazzling for instant assessment.

From Los Angeles Times

Feelings are conveyed with such airs that the poetry of a moment of silence disappears the instant someone speaks.

From Salon