(at) any moment (now)
idiom
: very soon
He could lose his temper at any moment.
She should be arriving any moment now.
Examples of (at) any moment (now) in a Sentence
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The shelter also currently has a pregnant dog in their care that’s due to give birth any moment.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
In the fifties and sixties, wages and benefits grew for union miners, but the fear that jobs could disappear at any moment was often employed as a cudgel by industry bosses.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Like words in a foreign language that so closely resembles English you are led to think that meaning will emerge at any moment.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
These can drop at any moment and reward the lucky winner with a grand prize of $30k!
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, numerous flashpoints in and around Ethiopia could explode at any moment.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Without protective gear or armored cars, the most dangerous part of the job distributing aid, the workers say, is traveling on roads and through neighborhoods that can be hit with missiles or shelling at any moment.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
So any moment like that — that asks the question or poses a new theory or shows you someone in a new light — is very purposeful.
—Megan Vick, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
Unless something changes at any moment — and that’s always possible with the Dolphins - the message has been consistent with several of them: Your player is on our list.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
In the fifties and sixties, wages and benefits grew for union miners, but the fear that jobs could disappear at any moment was often employed as a cudgel by industry bosses.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Like words in a foreign language that so closely resembles English you are led to think that meaning will emerge at any moment.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
These can drop at any moment and reward the lucky winner with a grand prize of $30k!
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, numerous flashpoints in and around Ethiopia could explode at any moment.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Without protective gear or armored cars, the most dangerous part of the job distributing aid, the workers say, is traveling on roads and through neighborhoods that can be hit with missiles or shelling at any moment.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
So any moment like that — that asks the question or poses a new theory or shows you someone in a new light — is very purposeful.
—Megan Vick, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
Unless something changes at any moment — and that’s always possible with the Dolphins - the message has been consistent with several of them: Your player is on our list.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
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