spur-of-the-moment
Example Sentences
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The song choice "was a spur of the moment thing", says Maddell.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
On the spur of the moment, I walked down to the small shop, peeked in and saw a woman who matched the description.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
She says the "spur of the moment" decision is something she has run with "because it is so needed".
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024
But what happened at Oceanwide Plaza wasn’t some spur of the moment scribble.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
The canary cage showed that those aims were made up on the spur of the moment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
