this instant
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers appeared to lose this instant mojo before the bottom of the second inning even began with that pitch-clock violation, and it only got worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
“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
“Right now, in this instant snapshot, it is quite stressful,” Knox said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 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
"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
