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Example sentences for "that instant"

  • At that instant, as it seemed to him, the air was chilled and, looking askance towards the water, he saw a flying squall darkening and crisping suddenly the tide.

  • Yet at that instant, humbled and alert in their look, they were lit by one tiny human point, the window of a shrivelled soul, poignant and self-embittered.

  • This question was most opportunely put, for at that instant Mr Wititterly walked in, and to him Kate introduced her brother, who at once announced his purpose, and the impossibility of deferring it.

  • In that instant, the young lord turned his head sharply round, fixed upon his adversary a ghastly stare, and without a groan or stagger, fell down dead.

  • And for this end, as I said in the same place, I would have myself all fears, that I may not for one instant offend Him who in that instant is able to destroy us.

  • For an instant the gloom swallowed them, and it seemed to Dawes that the strange wild man of God had in that instant become a man of Evil--blighting the brightness and the beauty of the innocence that clung to him.

  • At that instant, however, he saw on the wall of rock that hollowed on his right hand, a red and lurid light, in the midst of which fantastically bobbed hither and thither the gigantic shadow of a man.

  • At that instant a thin streak of light shot up and then sank again.

  • Of course, if I had managed to take a flashlight just at that instant, the whole secret of the haunting would have been exposed.

  • We will look for our boats," Mark gravely replied, the image of Bridget, just at that instant, appearing before his mind with a painful distinctness.

  • Not so would it be with his countrymen, did he well know; they would retire before it; and the signal being given at that instant, the young Indian had no hesitation about the course he ought to take.

  • At that instant, if appeared to Mark as if his existence depended on the launching of his boat, and he was fearful some unforeseen accident might prevent it.

  • That instant a huge hand flashed suddenly up from the Danube, seized the necklace in its grasp, and vanished with it beneath the flood.

  • At that instant, while they were just fixing the day of their departure, a tall man approached them from the middle of the square, bowed respectfully to the company, and spoke something in the young bride's ear.

  • That instant a gentle voice of warning cried near him, "Do not venture, do not venture!

  • At that instant, she felt the slight warning of the ground beneath her feet, shaken by another step, and saw, through the pines, her husband running toward her.

  • She did finger the little curls, with a reminiscent passion, not daring to think of the darkness where the others had been shut; and, at that instant, she felt very rich.

  • In that instant, she realized where Enoch had gone.

  • But at that instant, just as a quivering shimmer broke across the sky, something rose up from under the thwart and stood between them.

  • At that instant sounds of sleigh-bells and voices were heard, and half a dozen people, startled by the shot, were seen rushing out from the sheriff's mansion.

  • At that instant a dozen of his pursuers reached the river bank, and he saw dimly their angry faces and threatening gestures, and heard the stones drop into the stream about him.

  • At that instant, a message came from her to the master of the waggon, who immediately went into her chamber, followed by us all.

  • At that instant, seeing the constable and watch enter, she proceeded "What!

  • At that instant, a young fellow came out from the place of examination, with a pale countenance, his lip quivering, and his looks as wild as if he had seen a ghost.

  • The words were spoken with the utmost deliberation, but in the calm, even tones there was an implied challenge, which was all that was needed at that instant to fan Ralph Mainwaring's wrath into a flame.

  • The coachman's step was heard at that instant on the stairs, and Merrick's reply was necessarily brief.

  • Certain it is, Dolly squeaked at that instant in the cellar; and Clarke appearing soon after in some confusion, declared she had been frightened by a flash of lightning.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "that instant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dead language; dozen rods; dwell together; protest against; that account; that any; that are; that believeth; that girl; that have; that hour; that letter; that life; that matter; that moment; that must; that old; that same; that seemed; that should; that subject; that such; that was; that what; that work; that your