How to Use wait/just a moment in a Sentence

wait/just a moment

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• How can someone who was with us for just a moment still be such a part of me?
  — Zoë Jones, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
• Back on the smartphone app a moment later, a message said to wait a moment.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Please wait a moment as our team discusses how best to escalate the suspense of what is to come.
  — Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
• The fingerprint reader takes just a moment to train and is mostly consistent at unlocking the phone.
  — PCMAG, 9 July 2024
• This highlights the importance of creating a culture of humor, not just a moment of laughter.
  — Paul Boross Mbe, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Spending just a moment ticking these boxes will guarantee you a stress-free experience.
  — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
• Few things are as graceful as a line floating through the air and resting on the water's surface — for just a moment — before returning to its airborne dance.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Illini got within five points what feels like just a moment ago, but Devo Davis engineered a heck of a response.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• The nondescript citrus flavor is wrapped in a cloud of vanilla that exits the palate just a moment before becoming sickening.
  — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• Hugh Grant His unbuttoned fit is the saving grace to his disastrous interview just a moment before.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
• This toxic material, often used for just a moment, ends up polluting the environment for centuries.
  — Judith Enck, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2024
• Whether the moment is just a moment or something people look back on during a Booker White House will depend on the next several years.
  — Al Weaver, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
• The live event wasn’t just a moment for YouTube to assert its dominance and demonstrate its stranglehold on its supporters offline as well as online.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2018
• Though, one source notes, security was so tight that Montana, 68, had to wait a moment before greeting the Chiefs quarterback.
  — Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Feb. 2025
• Dozens of supporters for Lockwood filled the courtroom during his appearance, as Lockwood sat toward the front of the room, then stood before the judge for just a moment.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2024
• Both managers’ desire to keep the game open, though, meant Hansi Flick’s team needed just a moment of quality, and Lamine Yamal provided it.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
• Accompanied by her daughter, Gay was elated to pose with guests but turned serious (for just a moment) on the carpet when the topic of castmate Monica Garcia was broached.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• This distinct difference in clothing showcases not just a moment to reflect on differences in socioeconomic statuses, but also what Hazel felt would impress Nigel’s family.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
• As holistic therapist, Rikki McCoy says, getting into a physical altercation with your mother or daughter isn’t just a moment of emotional overwhelm.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 July 2025
• Assume, for just a moment, that a majority of the justices are partisan hacks who are determined to remove the stigma of a felony conviction from the Republican presidential candidate before the election.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 June 2024