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
  • So, in a moment of self-sacrifice, Jules decides to go ahead and hire the new CEO.
    — Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 23 June 2025
  • This point will become clearer in a moment, hang in there.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 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
  • Maresca would not be the first coach to lean on the fearlessness of youth in a moment of adversity.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • 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
  • But, in a moment of unbridled fury, Lorne topples him and batters him in the face with bloody hands.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Funding a project this good, in a moment when public trust is this bad, should be a no-brainer.
    — Antonio Reynoso, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • That kind of speed and clarity in a moment of stress makes a brand memorable.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • 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, in a moment that was almost as cheeky as her pink polka-dot bottoms, Frankel balled up the sarong and threw it off of the catwalk.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 June 2025
  • 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
  • Polly's jaw drops in shock, and her pacifier falls out of her mouth in a moment of pure festive joy.
    — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Their limbs were arranged in a strangely tender pose — her hand resting on his thigh, his arm cradling her head — as if frozen by death in a moment of intimacy.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • But the movie’s focus isn’t so much the zeitgeist that yields these public beatings, but rather, the strange and amusing way that a young woman present in the crowd, Maitri (Singh), uses this violence to her advantage in a moment of snap judgement.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 June 2025

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