instant

Example Sentences

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The proposed budget met instant pushback from lawmakers.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Anderson joined the Pirates on deadline day in the February and made an instant impact, coming off the bench to win a point-saving penalty in the 1-1 draw at Sutton on his debut.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Friday’s underplay — the first of two instant sell-outs at the Fonda — came as McCartney is drumming up interest in a new studio album he’ll release in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

On a journey from the country's largest city Yangon to the capital Naypyidaw AFP journalists sat in air-conditioned carriages full of travellers napping and sharing tea, fried rice and instant noodles.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The instant of dismissal we would mob the door of Barracks 8, stepping on each others’ heels in our eagerness to get inside, to shrink the world back to understandable proportions.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom