at that instant
Example Sentences
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The cameras weren’t on her at that instant, but the audience could be heard gasping as the image cut to co-hosts Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin tending to her.
From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2022
They’re also Lyft drivers at that instant in time as well.
From The Verge • Aug. 17, 2021
Maren, at that instant, is betrothed to Dag; her brother Erik is married to Diinna, an indigenous Sámi woman, who is pregnant.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2020
The instantaneous speed of the same particle, X, is the magnitude of the instantaneous velocity of X at that instant in space-time.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016
She grabbed my hand back so fast I knew at that instant how sorry she was that she had not protected me better.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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