moment by moment

idiom

: very quickly as time passes
The weather kept changing moment by moment.

Examples of moment by moment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Late in the afternoon, the sun set behind the western horizon, leaving a broad band of orange light in its wake, to blend gradually, degree of elevation by degree, moment by moment, into the ever-deepening, ever-darkening blue of the evening sky. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023 Because the acting is so strong, especially from Henry and Matthews — both of whom radiate intensity, the former in shimmering forgiveness, the latter in rancid resentment — the family misfortunes seem, moment by moment, to add up. David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2022 All this in the first real-time war, being delivered moment by moment to your phone. Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Calculating the object’s volume is much easier than using standard methods for computing the amplitudes, which laboriously reconstruct all the ways a particle collision might play out, moment by moment. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022 Space correspondents Kristin Fisher and Rachel Crane will bring us moment by moment reporting from the launch along with a team of experts. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 In fact there are probably all sorts of subtle cues around us, influencing our cognitive goals moment by moment. Julie Sedivy, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2014 My second response to your question has to do with recognizing and managing our mindsets, moment by moment by moment. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022 Breaking them down moment by moment, each time finding something new. Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2021

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“Moment by moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moment%20by%20moment. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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