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.
"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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
