How to Use within moments in a Sentence

within moments

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  • That changed within moments of seeing just how sick the child was.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
  • My eyes pegged Chicatana as a find within moments of strolling through the door.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • He was served a bowl of water and given a snack within moments of us sitting down.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The top-line results came within moments of the first tally of the state’s ballots.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But within moments of our panel’s first bites, the compliments started rolling in.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, he's killed within moments of the opening battle against a horde of vicious alien invaders.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But within moments, the patrons would find themselves inside a nightmare that would change their lives forever.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022
  • The news unfolded quickly and spread within moments on social media.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The clinical offense later stunned Ole Miss with a pair of quick strikes within moments.
    Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Police said the woman was completely covered in flames within moments, while the man watched from a bench on the platform at the station.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Yet within moments of stepping outside, the appeal of Molde was obvious.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Security alarms drew Louvre staff to the scene within moments, but the thieves had already vanished with their haul.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Another thing that happened to me was in 2014, I was strangled within moments of my life.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Unfortunately, the rocket fell to the ground within moments of leaving the launchpad.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The target company’s stock price, already trending up, tends to jump further within moments of disclosure.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • On chilly days, which are common during fall and spring migration, unconscious birds can slip into hypothermia within moments.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Curbed, 28 May 2021
  • Hypothermia begins when the body’s core temperature falls to 95 degrees, a process that can start within moments in water this cold.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The shooting occurred in a hallway of the building and within moments of Moreno opening fire, off duty officers returned fire.
    Ana Faguy, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Problems spring up within moments, as the women seem equally confident in their wishlists and confused as to what actually works on their bodies.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The country’s two feuding warlords have engaged in fitful but inconsequential rounds of talks; a series of cease-fires failed within moments of being agreed.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Half a dozen of the fifteen Prime Ministers who served during the Queen’s reign arrived within moments of one another.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Though the sequence of how they were fired is unclear, within moments a panel on the train’s interior would end up with a bullet hole, and Cabey with a serious gunshot wound.
    Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This spray blends in incredibly seamlessly, providing protection within moments and, even better, without making your hair feel greasy or weighed down.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The system locks in on the contaminant, and within moments, it’s identified, rejected, and quarantined.
    David De Lancellotti, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Hakam reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and died within moments of collapsing, according to the outlet.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Gallery director Philip Mould further revealed that the posters were removed within moments and that the venue is now reviewing its security.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • However, within moments, the flight crew reported another issue.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But those sensors will be able to tell Firefly’s mission control within moments whether the landing attempt was successful, according to Kim.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In one of the show’s best bits on opening night, Wong asks the audience to donate their excess elastic to the cause and within moments, scrunchies, hairbands and, yes, bras, were sailing through the air toward the stage.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Rick Celebrini, the team’s vice president of player health and performance, also reached the scene within moments, as did other medical officials.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026

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