How to Use (at) any minute (now) in a Sentence

(at) any minute (now)

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• Well, girls, the soap-opera stage could be calling any minute.
  — Andy Cohen Exorcises Lisa Rinna, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2022
• The vibe is such that at any minute, Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things might just join the party.
  — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
• In either case, the earthquake swarm does not mean the volcano will erupt at any minute.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2017
• The lot of it could tumble into the abyss at any minute, as sports and baseball and the Padres of 2023 have reminded us.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
• Look for a long-sleeve men’s top any minute, and sort sleeve versions for men and women next quarter.
  — Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Another protest is supposed to start any minute now at the courthouse.
  — Taylor Pettaway, ExpressNews.com, 3 June 2020
• The sets, costumes and lights were still intact, as if the actors had merely taken a lunch break and were due back any minute.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 4 July 2022
• They are supposed to live with the fear that, at any minute, the universe is going to cave in and all their dreams will be reduced to rubble and dust.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
• The hospital would start seeing the survivors coming in at any minute.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2024
• Others don’t see the point when another onslaught can come at any minute.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
• But, this being St. George, that could change any minute, so come prepared with sunscreen as well as a rain slicker.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 May 2022
• These numbers can change at any minute, as tallies continue to come in.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
• Still, a full assault could happen any minute as Russian ground forces close in on the capital.
  — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2022
• As the tools for enabling this sort of thing become cheap and widespread—even just in text (which is to say, any minute now)—undercover bots will steadily swamp the Internet.
  — Rob Reid, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
• The Studio Buds Plus will also come in white or black, according to the listing which is likely to vanish any minute now.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
• And since Kaz is really struggling to choke it down, Tori starts to panic knowing that Kaycee and Troy could overtake them at any minute.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• Sentral, which manages some 3,000 apartments, seems to court a class of nomadic remote workers who might pick up and move at any minute.
  — WIRED, 27 Aug. 2022
• In the Turkish village of Reyhanli, Firyal Falaha said her home and her son’s were at risk of collapsing any minute.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• All in its place, awaiting their beloved uncle from Germany, who’ll be arriving any minute in his Mercedes.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
• But most importantly, the super tense feeling that any of our beloved characters could get killed at any minute.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• The vote could lead to a walkout of more than 400 cashiers, cooks, baristas, bartenders and concession workers employed throughout the airport that could take place at any minute.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• Some were also tourists, who joined the cascade of residents at nearby squares to distance themselves from buildings that could fall at any minute.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Busy cooks can stock up on ingredients for several batches and stand ready to break out a skillet at any minute, including the last minute.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
• By midday Wednesday, all but four of the motor homes had left the property, with residents still fearing that police and a cleanup crew could arrive at any minute.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
• Clocks continue ticking as multiple reports indicate the Big Ten and Pac-12 will shut down things at any minute.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• The opening sequence, largely wordless, depicts Manny and some bit players struggling to get up a mountain road with an elephant that’s gonna blow any minute.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
• Where is the factory located? 4 OF 9 With more than 1.4 billion people, India will become the world’s most populous country any minute.
  — Daniel Akst, wsj.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Given the new guidelines suggest school staff should inform parents about students’ gender identities, the teen is sure the counselor will be sending an email to their mother and father any minute.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
• Meanwhile crypto enthusiasts still look to the moon for help as if a crypto Santa must appear any minute and shower everyone with erupting prices.
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• The crowd was alive with an expectant buzz, as if at any minute figures would materialize in the distance, and the horror of the past seven weeks—the nearly fifteen thousand dead, the flattened neighborhoods in Gaza—would now be worth it.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024