(at) any moment (now)
idiom
: very soon
He could lose his temper at any moment.
She should be arriving any moment now.
Examples of (at) any moment (now) in a Sentence
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Unless something changes at any moment — and that’s always possible with the Dolphins - the message has been consistent with several of them: Your player is on our list.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
While travelers may feel blissfully removed from the crowds, you can be whisked down to join the party at any moment.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
In at least one neighborhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince, gangs fighting the police have gone house to house telling people to unlock their gates so that gang members can, at any moment, run inside and use the residents as human shields.
—Pierre Esperance, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Ten years ago, the agency overseeing the upkeep of the majestic New York State Capitol reported that the granite staircase leading to the main entrance was warped and bulging so badly that part of it might collapse at any moment.
—Jay Root, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
This means only one or the other of a pair of interacting atoms can sustain a Rydberg state at any moment; their quantum states are correlated — or in other words, entangled.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Checking the weather forecast was pointless: rain could appear — or disappear — at any moment.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
Violence can interrupt prayer or play at any moment.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Usually, the company is the one with power over workers because bosses can fire them at any moment.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
While travelers may feel blissfully removed from the crowds, you can be whisked down to join the party at any moment.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
In at least one neighborhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince, gangs fighting the police have gone house to house telling people to unlock their gates so that gang members can, at any moment, run inside and use the residents as human shields.
—Pierre Esperance, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Ten years ago, the agency overseeing the upkeep of the majestic New York State Capitol reported that the granite staircase leading to the main entrance was warped and bulging so badly that part of it might collapse at any moment.
—Jay Root, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
This means only one or the other of a pair of interacting atoms can sustain a Rydberg state at any moment; their quantum states are correlated — or in other words, entangled.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Checking the weather forecast was pointless: rain could appear — or disappear — at any moment.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
Violence can interrupt prayer or play at any moment.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Usually, the company is the one with power over workers because bosses can fire them at any moment.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
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