a fleeting instant

Frequency: 5.82.5 per million words

emphasizes the transient and quickly passing nature of a moment

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Examples (10)

  • For a fleeting instant, he thought he saw her face in the crowd.
  • The joy of victory lasted only a fleeting instant before reality set in.
  • Life is made up of countless fleeting instants, each one precious.
  • She captured the bird's flight in a fleeting instant with her camera.
  • In that fleeting instant, their eyes met across the crowded room.
  • The feeling of peace was but a fleeting instant in his troubled mind.
  • He wished he could hold onto that fleeting instant forever.
  • The beauty of the sunset is a fleeting instant that quickly fades.
  • Every fleeting instant of childhood passes too quickly.
  • The sudden silence was a fleeting instant before the storm broke.