instant

• What was bad was At that instant, the name Masukawa passed across Kaise's brain. —  EQMM,May2008
• He was helpless for the instant, the breath driven out of him; he saw Vanye leap to the saddle, saw the white mare shy over in quiet, mincing paces and move back again as Vanye carefully, quietly, drew his sword and lifted the fallen blanket from the dust. —  Cherryh,_C.J._-_Exiles_Gate.htm
• What I can say is that all that kept me from betraying the old man on the instant was the fact that I could barely make a sound, once I had heard that voice and the hissing, murderous wisdom in that voice. —  FSF,May2004
• The raucous of laughter that her fall summoned forth from me was enough to alleviate my tetchy humour on-instant, and Phnom Penh brightened somewhat in my eyes. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
• As the avenue was deserted for the instant, his arm enlaced her figure, with the obvious and commendable purpose of sustaining her in her walk, and with his lips close to her smiling, rosy ones he contributed a gentle note to the hymeneal chorus that was twittered from the trees Illustration: THE FLY-BRUSH Who could remain long shut up from such an out-of-doors? —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873

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