How to Use in a moment in a Sentence

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  • There was a time when Cere would have reached out to the dark side of the Force in a moment like this.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Day by day and state by state, things can change in a moment.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • Moren and Gearlds, the coaches at IU and Purdue, will try to do that in a moment.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the end, Kimmel even had to vamp for a few minutes — more on that in a moment.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • More on that — and the concerns some critics have about pageants — in a moment.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
  • Blum’s fears were well-founded (more on that in a moment).
    — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in 1,000 years?
    — Lauren Wellbank, Woman's Day, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Shanahan dialed up the trick play in a moment in which the team needed to break through.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Kansas City Chiefs fans have seen Travis Kelce do this many times, chug a beer in a moment of joy.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Over the past few decades the go-to move was to simply throw out a spinning wing decoy or two (more on this in a moment).
    — Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Wall Street’s in a moment of change, Stengel told Fortune.
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The teen seemed to get lost in a moment while gazing at her new friend — a female bass player — on stage.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Seeing someone across the room wrapped up in a moment – of joy, or doubt, or goofiness, or fear.
    — Alden Ehrenreich, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
  • All their labels are a bit too busy to be classed as fully quiet—more on that in a moment.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Though rich in oils (more on that in a moment), the texture is best described as milky, if not a little bit mousse-like.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps that can be found in a moment that’s less about feeling and more about action.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Just a solid sense of a father’s duty to stand by his son in a moment of acute crisis.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2024
  • When Asha turns to the sky in a moment of need and makes a wish, her plea is answered by a little ball of energy called Star.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • When Asha turns to the sky in a moment of need and makes a wish, her plea is answered by a little ball of energy called Star.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Then the audience looked up at the night sky as one in a moment of reflection on the memories of their youth.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
  • As played by Mikey Madison (more on her in a moment), Ani doesn’t invite pity or envy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But in a moment meant to mark the ending of a life, there was a sense that the incident had left many unresolved questions.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • There’s always a social code that can save you in a moment of desperate agony.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The Clash was set to close out the first night, however, last-minute issues nearly derailed that plan (more on that in a moment).
    — Sean Burch, SPIN, 29 May 2023
  • But there’s a lot of new conversations taking place right now that in a moment.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Our father, surely in a moment of spite, left everything to one sibling and nothing to the rest of us.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This method worked in my case—but more on whether it’s recommended by experts in a moment.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The toughest part was to encounter a dark side of humanity in a moment of darkness.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Jamie pins the perp against the wall and, in a moment of poetic closure, Janko arrives and cuffs him using Badillo's handcuffs.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Hartzell said the university is in a moment of change, but its commitment to students remains the same.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024

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