A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
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Examples for "instant "
Examples for "instant "
1 Change doesn't happen overnight and in society today people want instant success.
2 In an instant you forget; the sky is bright; the blood pounds.
3 Again Shy was given a flailing instant aloft to consider the situation.
4 In an instant all was in confusion; and the peace had fled.
5 After years of preparing moment by moment, everything changed in an instant .
1 Water flowing underground News flash : scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
2 The Fiji Met Service said heavy rain may lead to flash flooding.
3 They were given a new sense of urgency after the flash crash.
4 I picked my way toward the point where I'd seen the flash .
5 In another flash of lightning, he saw clearly: the car was gone.
1 Cost me thirty dollars, he said with a wink , doubling the price.
2 Muzzle flashes wink in the distance: small arms, smaller range, negligible impact.
3 The brilliant sunlight in the courtyard made him wink faster than ever.
4 Sorry.' She gave a quick wink to Amelie before finishing her call.
5 But he had to content himself with the wink for the moment.
1 Most practicing scientists, of course, could answer that question in a heartbeat .
2 He said nothing, as the sound of his heartbeat made speech impossible.
3 The baby has a strong heartbeat , Dr, Westerville said, smiling her way.
4 Use the following command to set the heartbeat interval on the slave:
5 It only took a heartbeat to be sure the room was clear.
1 And the Angel of Death vanished in the twinkling of the bedpost.
2 And now in the twinkling of an eye the positions were reversed.
3 Paul regarded him suspiciously; but there was kindliness in the twinkling glance.
4 The little patch of blue in the doorway was twinkling with heat.
5 The lights of home were twinkling their farewells far in the distance.
1 And in a jiffy I had cut it loose with my knife.
2 Pass the halliards along so that you can hoist in a jiffy .
3 I bled him behind the ear, and relieved him in a jiffy .
4 Kitty lowered the ladder, and in half a jiffy I was up.
5 I'll get the stuff tomorrow and have it made in a jiffy .
1 Using Israel for a ladder, in a trice he scaled the wall.
2 They had the coffin up in a trice , and examined the mouse.
3 With that he was into the cab and off in a trice .
4 At six reals each copy they will go off in a trice .
5 For in a trice little children would reach the fulness of manhood:
1 She'll marry you in a New York minute and we both know it.
2 But everything can change in a New York minute .
3 I was out of the car in a New York minute , and he was, too.
4 Swiping left, swiping right, trying to make important life changing decisions, based on a New York minute .
5 "That brought old Will Turner up to scratch in a New York minute . "
1 I sensed violence in the room a split second before it erupted.
2 These are knife-edge split second decisions made in moments of grave danger.
3 The split second has been growing more and more important to us.
4 Her words hurt and they gave him a split second of pause.
5 A split second later the rest of the alien horde opened fire.
1 For the way governments work, it is a blink of an eye .
2 In motoring terms, 20 years is but the blink of an eye .
3 And so in the blink of an eye all hope was extinguished.
4 Then the race changed complexion almost in the blink of an eye .
5 The invaders destroyed our civilization in the blink of an eye , Doctor.
6 They worshiped the railroads here, only a blink of an eye ago.
7 Why, entire days seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye !
8 That's seven goals in a relative blink of an eye for McGinn.
9 Centuries of human existence, wiped out in the blink of an eye .
10 One became two in the blink of an eye after half time.
11 In the near blink of an eye , it slid to one side.
12 Smart enough to calculate sixty-digit primes in the blink of an eye .
13 They flashed over the three-kilometer-long ship in the blink of an eye .
14 Adam was in front of her within the blink of an eye .
15 This rapidly cools the incoming airstream in the blink of an eye .
16 The convenience of booking your accommodation in the blink of an eye ?
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