Synonym: immediate, moment, pressing, prompt, quick, second, urgent. Similar words: instantly, instance, constant, for instance, install, distant, assistant, installation. Meaning: ['ɪnstənt] n. 1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat) 2. a particular point in time. adj. 1. occurring with no delay 2. in or of the present month 3. demanding attention.
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181. For an instant, Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows.
182. Peter was one of those rare souls who seemed to have an instant understanding of the most complex issues.
183. Back in the kitchen he poured coffee, adding sweetened condensed milk for instant energy.
184. Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened. Rita Rudner
185. But these bank deposits are being held as a form of instant security against sudden withdrawals.
186. These had advantages in handling and in instant access to a desired image without any winding.
187. Lexandro stared at Valence, and it was as if their minds conjoined for an instant - Valence would never abandon Lexandro.
188. These objects add instant nostalgia when hung on your kitchen wall or placed in a basket on your counter top.
189. In an instant Fabia was wide awake and, with a drumming heart(sentencedict.com/instant.html), she put on the light.
190. The falsetto laugh of a woman suddenly delighted, her voice filling the entire bay for an instant.
191. Sensation is experienced in the present, but this is a subjective moment distinct from the dimensionless instant of the physical present.
192. You get instant access 24 hours, seven days a week.
193. The familiarity of features captured by the picture, creating the effect of instant recognition.
194. Madra tripped and fell headlong in the leaf mould, and in an instant their pursuers were upon her.
195. In that instant he had changed the course of science and paved the way for the exploitation of Niagara Falls power.
196. To do so would be to invite instant condemnation from Congress.
197. He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression.
198. You will not enjoy absolutely instant access, but the extra interest is worth the wait.
199. Widely available since the 1930s, instant coffee is produced commercially by brewing ground freshly roasted coffee to a strong concentrate.
200. Maybe then, just for an instant, she gave an irritated glance back at the jammed door.
201. It is our need for possession and instant gratification which we pursue with such intensity, whatever the costs.
202. The trend toward tabloidization and instant popularization has eroded the boundary lines between news and entertainment, objective journalism and advocacy.
203. He ordered them out to execution on the instant, and it was done.
204. The sun trembled for an instant on the edge of the distant hills, then started to sink behind them.
205. And in that instant her heart seemed to burst with love inside her and simultaneously shrivel with grief and helplessness.
206. The car drew to a halt alongside the front door, and an instant later the driver's door swung open.
207. Gilbert and Frye watched them leave and for an instant it seemed as if Gilbert wanted to dash out after them again.
208. He swung his legs over the windowsill and for an instant his torso seemed to disappear into the darkness inside.
209. All instant nonfat dry milk products are of the same grade. 5.
210. In the instant case, temporary exclusion of the entire group was rested by the military on the same ground.
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