for a moment

Example Sentences

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And softball is their place for a moment away from life’s challenges.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Not long ago, the Diamondbacks paused a game for a moment to announce over the public address system that Vargas had been named the National League player of the month for April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Storey said Gedel was then seen on the landing outside Watkins' cell, "in all likelihood waiting for a moment when the prison officers on the landing were out of sight".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

They sit there — stacked, slightly dusty, always in greater quantity than you remember buying — waiting for a moment that never quite arrives.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Carefully, I slid the boot back beneath the leaves, and for a moment I thought I caught the smell of the magic, as the trolls had said.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff