this instant
Example Sentences
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“What works is that it has this instant combination of being a big, action-packed sci-fi show, but it’s also a workplace comedy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
“You know, that hole that you feel, it was just this instant, something, in my stomach. That’s the worst feeling ever.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023
Gina Neff, professor of technology and society at University of Oxford, tweeted the day after the ruling: "Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking."
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022
To Kim and Jimmy, he's the guy they formed their waking lives around until this instant.
From Salon • May 24, 2022
"Get me an appointment with your hairdresser this instant for a hair-dyeing job! Tell them it's an emergency! They've got to boot someone else off their list! I'm going upstairs to wash it now!"
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
