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

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

To Kim and Jimmy, he's the guy they formed their waking lives around until this instant.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

Now, at this instant, he’d glance up at the sky, hoping for a moon or a few stars.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien