split second

Example Sentences

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In that "split second", he must have realised Harry might be killed or injured, but Mr Justice Cavanagh said: "In the moment, you did not care if he lived or died."

From BBC

The majority use one of two styles to achieve this, often in split seconds - pushing, or grappling.

From BBC

A split second after “Action!” was called, I darted across the hall to a better spot and ran through the frame.

From The Wall Street Journal

To be aware of, 'I'm on the ball here so this is what we trained' - but you have to think that in a split second.

From BBC

The lawyer who represented his family at his inquest, Gareth Naylor, tells the BBC that in a "split second" of an adult leaving the room, the toddler climbed on a bed and fell.

From BBC