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