in a trice

At least a hundred people died in that one, including 15 who were standing on bridges marveling at the rush of waters when, in a trice, the waters tore away the bridges.

"Maggot topping, all slimy and nice! I shall devour it in a trice!"

In a trice the heat from his body filled the confined space and he was asleep.

Buck was beset by three huskies, and in a trice his head and shoulders were ripped and slashed.

“I’ll be preparing myself to go out as a missionary to preach liberty to them that are enslaved—your harem inmates amongst the rest. I’ll get admitted there, and I’ll stir up mutiny; and you, three-tailed bashaw as you are, sir, shall in a trice find yourself fettered amongst our hands: nor will I, for one, consent to cut your bonds till you have signed a charter, the most liberal that despot ever yet conferred.”