the moment

noun

: as soon as
The moment the cameras are turned off, he is able to relax.
Everything stops the moment she walks in the room.

Examples of the moment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But when Nick arrives at their house, Charlie gets too nervous and can’t get the words out in the moment. Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 Video of that would-be shooting showed the moment the man's gun jammed as the deacon dove over a pew and tackled him. Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 13 May 2024 Most came in below 4 on the moment magnitude scale, but at least three others measured above 4. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024 Body camera footage caught the moment first responders were left shocked by the Baltimore bridge collapse. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 Mason gets excited about the opportunity in the moment as opposed to being intimidated by it. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024 Parents can turbocharge this superpower from the moment their infant is born by taking a few easy steps. Giselle E. Navarro-Cruz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024 Or perhaps this will finally be the moment that the House bullies are tamed? Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024 Superyacht sales aren’t so super The super-rich are keeping their distance from superyachts, at least for the moment. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024

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“The moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moment. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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