How to Use here and now in a Sentence

here and now

noun
  • What Dickinson wants is not simply to have Sue to herself, here and now.
    Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Still others, such as climate change, create challenges in the here and now but will have their greatest effect over the long term.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In the here and now, there’s one more win yet to be earned.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2021
  • In the here and now, the deal makes the Blazers better.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2020
  • There’s too much to do to expect change in the here and now.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Managers must act in the here and now to get things done.
    John Baldoni, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • Chad Michael Murray just wants to live in the here and now.
    EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But it’s the here and now that’s most important to the Beavers.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 19 May 2022
  • But at this point, right here and now, take the win, feel good and move on.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • My questions about this boyfriend are just in the here and now.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Besides, in the here and now, Brees has the upper hand now.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Today is not the day to break precedence, but rather to work with the here and now.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
  • The only guarantees in the NBA are what’s right in front of you in the here and now.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The payoff will be there down the line—and even more than that, it will be felt here and now.
    Siobhan O’Connor, Time, 6 Sep. 2017
  • So how does the iPad Pro fare as a consumer device in the here and now?
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2020
  • That means only 10 percent of our time is in the here and now.
    Sara Angle, SELF, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Artists who are ahead of their time often need the most support in the here and now.
    Liza Lentini, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The impact, though, isn’t isolated to the here and now.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Taking a break from the here and now can only help you.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Their problem is that most voters live in the here and now.
    Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 9 Mar. 2020
  • His best chance to catch a glimpse of the heavens comes here and now, before sunup.
    Robert.king@indystar.com, Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2014
  • Myricks talked about people of faith seeing more than the here and now.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Before here and now could start, though, Nas had to use the bathroom.
    New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • It’s as though the actual results in the here and now don’t count.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Part of our show takes place in China in the 1960s, part takes place in the here and now, part takes place in the VR video game.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But there is not much reason to think that this is our story — in the here and now.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Based on the here and now, Inter have just doubled their lead.
    SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • When the Lakers signed James, this was always going to be about the here and now.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 16 June 2019
  • But the point of a product review is to evaluate the here and now.
    Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile the Chilean people are so angry about the here and now.
    Time, 15 Nov. 2019

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