How to Use defining moment in a Sentence

defining moment

noun

• The world is at a defining moment in the fight against malaria.
  — Peter Sands, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• This game should have been his defining moment in the NFL.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• But the battle for the city has created a defining moment of the war for both the Russian and the Ukrainian armies.
  — Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• This was a defining moment in our journey with Alzheimer’s.
  — Time, 15 July 2023
• That's how the Queen regarded it; that was the central defining moment of her life.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
• None of those things happened in the NDP loss, which also proved to be a defining moment in their season.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2023
• For the Reebok Pump, that’s 35 years of cool and a history that includes tennis as a defining moment.
  — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• The 1992 incident became a defining moment in the Irish star’s career—and her life.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• The veil briefly lifts On May 4 — the second and, by most accounts, worst day of fighting — came a defining moment of the Manipur conflict.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• Decades from now, when members of the watch community look back at the year 2024, what will stand out as a defining moment?
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
• Yet neither team's star has lived up to the expectations and had a defining moment.
  — David Hellier, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024
• In 2022, Danielle Marques found herself in what would become a defining moment in her life.
  — Angelica Mari, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
• Released on the Above the Rim soundtrack, the song became a massive commercial hit and a defining moment for G-funk.
  — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
• For young people, turning 20 can be a defining moment, marking the end of their rebellious teenage years and the start of adulthood.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 21 June 2023
• His world suddenly turned upside-down, Daniel faces a defining moment in what had till then been a life of freedom.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• Of course, each candidate is hoping to make his own mark and have at least one defining moment to set himself apart from the others.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
• The rapidly moving news has once again thrust Jeffries into the middle of a defining moment.
  — Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
• The result, now known as money nails, became a defining moment in the history of hip-hop and beauty.
  — Arabelle Sicardi, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2023
• Brittany reunites with her sister and shares how this defining moment changed her life.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
• The 2024 state primaries will prove to be a defining moment for the Republican identity in Wyoming.
  — Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
• The appearance in Cannes could be a defining moment for Depp’s comeback, and the Dior Sauvage deal seems to be timed to coincide with the swell surrounding his return to the big screen.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• As many cancer patients can relate to, a defining moment of the transplant process for Alfa was losing her hair.
  — Essence, 25 Sep. 2023
• Encourage your student to see the college process as just one chapter in their larger story—not the defining moment of their life.
  — Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• More than his work as Spider-Man or in any of the other projects he’s starred in, this is his defining moment, his magnum opus, his contribution to the culture.
  — Vulture, 14 June 2023
• However, a defining moment in the rivalry took place in the men’s 4x100-meter relay.
  — Greg Hyatt, NBC News, 18 July 2024
• As an immigrant himself (from Latvia), Andrew Borovsky knows that buying a home can be a defining moment in a person’s life.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
• What stands out to you at this point as a defining moment or a memorable anecdote from this experience?
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• The move, which won praise from the West and rebuke from Moscow, demonstrated how the Ukraine war has been a defining moment for Turkey’s role on the international stage.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 12 July 2023
• As the play opens (director Roach has set her production in 1959), the Younger family is facing a defining moment.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• This is a defining moment in our journey, reflective of our new strategy, new leadership and new beginnings.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025