At this instant the door from the dark hallway suddenly opened and a man in a policeman's uniform stepped in. There fell an instant's dead silence--an explosive silence. Every person there seemed to be petrified in the position in which his attention was attracted. Every eye was fixed on the figure at the door. For an instant no one said a word; then I heard a woman's shrill voice, like a rifle-shot:英文原著 · 《The Friendly Road》
But I am afraid I did cry; and that was the end. He pretended not to notice anything, and then in an instant he froze everything with a flippancy which jarred horribly at the time, but has ever since touched me more than all. the rest. I remember that I wanted to shake hands at the end. But Mr. Raffles only shook his head, and for one instant his face was as sad as it was gallant and gay all. the rest of the time. Then he went as he had come, in his own dreadful way, and not a soul in the house knew that he had been.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Dolly! For God's sake!... You know...' He could not go on; there was a sob in his throat. She shut the bureau with a slam, and glanced at him. `Dolly, what can I say?... One thing: forgive me... Remember, cannot nine years of our life atone for an instant...'
She dropped her eyes and listened, expecting what he would say, as if beseeching him in some way or other to make her believe differently. `...instant of passion...' he said, and would have gone on, but at that word, as at a pang of physical pain, her lips stiffened again, and again the muscles of her right cheek worked.英文原著 · 《ANNA KARENINA》
It begins with a story told to Conwell by an old Arab as the two journeyed together toward Nineveh, and, as you listen, you hear the actual voices and you see the sands of the desert and the waving palms. The lecturer's voice is so easy, so effortless, it seems so ordinary and matter-of- fact--yet the entire scene is instantly vital and alive! Instantly the man has his audience under a sort of spell, eager to listen, ready to be merry or grave. He has the faculty of control, the vital quality that makes the orator.英文原著 · 《Acres of Diamonds》
Iodides.--The iodide treated with the oil of vitriol, instantly produces a considerable deposit of iodine; and if the mixture be heated, intense violent vapors are disengaged. The reaction is due to the decomposition of oil of vitriol by iodohydric acid, water and sulphurous acid being formed, and iodine set free. The iodides in solution are decomposed by chlorine, iodine being precipitated, the smallest quantity of which in solution is instantly detected by its imparting to starch an intensely blue color.英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
In moments like that men become superhuman. It all happened in an instant. He reached the arrow, kicked it over the wall, and then dashed the bucket of water on the blazing shingles. In that single instant, wherein his tall form was outlined against the bright light behind him, he presented the fairest kind of a mark for the Indians. Scores of rifles were levelled and discharged at him. The bullets pattered like hail on the roof of the block-house, but apparently none found their mark, for the man ran back and disappeared. "It was Clarke!" exclaimed Col. "No one but Clarke has such light hair.英文原著 · 《Betty Zane》
It's not like I cured herpes or invented a reverse microwave to instantly chill sodas.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
As the majority of the board of directors, you can change all of that in an instant.美剧 · 《Billions》
But then in an instant, I saw. this was the chance to re-frame my entire approach.美剧 · 《Billions》
The power of the instant -- that's what excites me.美剧 · 《Billions》