How to Use within moments in a Sentence

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• My eyes pegged Chicatana as a find within moments of strolling through the door.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• The release took place at 9 p.m. and was done within moments.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2022
• He was served a bowl of water and given a snack within moments of us sitting down.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
• Another thing that happened to me was in 2014, I was strangled within moments of my life.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
• The clinical offense later stunned Ole Miss with a pair of quick strikes within moments.
  — Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
• Half a dozen of the fifteen Prime Ministers who served during the Queen’s reign arrived within moments of one another.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• In one of the show’s best bits on opening night, Wong asks the audience to donate their excess elastic to the cause and within moments, scrunchies, hairbands and, yes, bras, were sailing through the air toward the stage.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• But within moments, the patrons would find themselves inside a nightmare that would change their lives forever.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022
• The shooting occurred in a hallway of the building and within moments of Moreno opening fire, off duty officers returned fire.
  — Ana Faguy, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Others have likened the turn of events to the notorious Fyre Festival, which descended into chaos within moments back in 2017.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2022
• The target company’s stock price, already trending up, tends to jump further within moments of disclosure.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
• Problems spring up within moments, as the women seem equally confident in their wishlists and confused as to what actually works on their bodies.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 7 Jan. 2022
• On Tuesday, McCraw methodically laid out undisputed facts: officers with rifles were on the scene within moments, and the classroom doors could not have been locked from the inside.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
• On chilly days, which are common during fall and spring migration, unconscious birds can slip into hypothermia within moments.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 28 May 2021
• The judge in the capital Naypyidaw handed down the verdict within moments of the court convening, said the source, who declined to be identified because the trial is being held behind closed doors, with information restricted.
  — Reuters, CNN, 27 Apr. 2022
• Police officers arrived within moments, Brito said Thursday.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024