matter of the moment
Example Sentences
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Part shaman, part Jeff Spicoli, Mr. Miller would insist his skiing greatness was a matter of the moment, a state that couldn't be defined by hardware like medals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2010
But it is very much a matter of the moment, and what may now seem like a temporal fancy can become, decades hence, a tactile key into the past.
From Time Magazine Archive
Conyngham realised this, as from a distance, while Julia’s mother spoke of some trivial matter of the moment to unheeding ears.
From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton
The vital matter of the moment was the Pippin's delay in returning for that cuff link!
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
He came to the matter of the moment without any preamble.
From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine
