on the spur of the moment
Example Sentences
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All the lights were on for maintenance, so on the spur of the moment he decided to walk inside and look around.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
“If you send a sporadic message, on the spur of the moment, to patients and get their hopes up, it’s irresponsible no matter how you try to turn it.”
From Washington Post • May 3, 2022
Many years ago, my husband and I decided on the spur of the moment to see a Broadway show.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2021
Subversive and brilliant as it was, the decision to reveal his sexuality was made on the spur of the moment.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2021
Sometimes, in the course of the modulation of relations between animals, there are inventions that seem to have been thought up on the spur of the moment, like propositions to be submitted for possible evolution.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
