pregnant moment

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So when the two first met at Chalamet’s final audition to read as Nic, it was a pregnant moment.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2018

Both shows have teased out worlds that slowly drifted toward a critical crossroads, and they’ve both paused at a pregnant moment, where the characters have a chance to push back against those in power.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2017

If you don't vote for it, don't come to me..."--he paused for a long and very pregnant moment before continuing--". and talk about teamwork.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that sense the secret is locked forever in the vast recesses of Burr’s famously enigmatic mind at that most pregnant moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Hunt’s notes are of still living interest as setting forth, at that pregnant moment of our literary history, the considered judgments of a kindly and accomplished 45 critic on his contemporaries.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney