(at) any minute (now)
idiom
: very soon
The bus should be here any minute now.
I'm expecting a phone call any minute.
Things could change at any minute.
Examples of (at) any minute (now) in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Meanwhile crypto enthusiasts still look to the moon for help as if a crypto Santa must appear any minute and shower everyone with erupting prices.
—
Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
The hospital would start seeing the survivors coming in at any minute.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2024
As the tools for enabling this sort of thing become cheap and widespread—even just in text (which is to say, any minute now)—undercover bots will steadily swamp the Internet.
—Rob Reid, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
The crowd was alive with an expectant buzz, as if at any minute figures would materialize in the distance, and the horror of the past seven weeks—the nearly fifteen thousand dead, the flattened neighborhoods in Gaza—would now be worth it.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In October, Travis revealed that their baby boy — who will also be his fourth — is expected any minute and will be named Rocky Thirteen Barker.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
The Blink-182 drummer and the reality TV star are expecting their first child together any minute now and in a new podcast interview on One Life One Chance with Toby Morse, Barker seemed to accidentally reveal the name of their soon-to-bounce baby.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
Busy cooks can stock up on ingredients for several batches and stand ready to break out a skillet at any minute, including the last minute.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Some were also tourists, who joined the cascade of residents at nearby squares to distance themselves from buildings that could fall at any minute.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
The hospital would start seeing the survivors coming in at any minute.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2024
As the tools for enabling this sort of thing become cheap and widespread—even just in text (which is to say, any minute now)—undercover bots will steadily swamp the Internet.
—Rob Reid, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
The crowd was alive with an expectant buzz, as if at any minute figures would materialize in the distance, and the horror of the past seven weeks—the nearly fifteen thousand dead, the flattened neighborhoods in Gaza—would now be worth it.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
In October, Travis revealed that their baby boy — who will also be his fourth — is expected any minute and will be named Rocky Thirteen Barker.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
The Blink-182 drummer and the reality TV star are expecting their first child together any minute now and in a new podcast interview on One Life One Chance with Toby Morse, Barker seemed to accidentally reveal the name of their soon-to-bounce baby.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
Busy cooks can stock up on ingredients for several batches and stand ready to break out a skillet at any minute, including the last minute.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Some were also tourists, who joined the cascade of residents at nearby squares to distance themselves from buildings that could fall at any minute.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word '(at) any minute (now).' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near (at) any minute (now)
Cite this Entry
“(at) any minute (now).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28at%29%20any%20minute%20%28now%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share