instant

Example Sentences

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Whichever coach won would be the instant favorite going into Sunday’s final.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The proposed budget met instant pushback from lawmakers.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 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 result: Pedretti in Alloway’s instant cult classic is a laugh-out-loud-funny unending well of charm, packing humor into even her most routine dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

And after glancing for an instant at Boaz to make sure he had the lighter in his grasp, Aunt Hila leaned forward and blew the candle out, and the shadows rushed in.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny