Abruptly, for a bare instant, red returned to her cheeks.

For the barest instant, Zoran's eyes were not those of a friend.

For a bare instant she knew that she had won.

The way she went from hard to soft in a bare instant baffled him.

One of them exploded just the bare instant before another arrived at the very same spot.

Shock came a bare instant before she simply nodded her head.

For a bare instant, they glanced about at the living forest and took a breath.

What had that third expression been, there for a bare instant and then gone?

He continued running, taking only a bare instant to be sure Matt was following.

For the barest instant he had looked into the eyes of his murderer.