For an instant, a dreadful, blood-freezing instant, they connected, hunter and prey zeroing in on each other through the imperfectly concealing darkness.

For a dreadful instant, Bagnall thought it was hit.

For one dreadful instant the entire universe seemed to hold its breath, unmoving, waiting, paralyzed between one moment and the next.

For one dreadful instant the dim light again glared on a pistol barrel pointed directly at Phillipe's forehead.

This dreadful instant of carelessness surrounding his sister's death is the source of the scrupulous attention Vollmann has been paying to absolutely everything ever since.

His life had come to a halt in that dreadful instant in time.

For one dreadful instant, Lord Ambrodel thought the monarch of Qualinesti was dead.

He realized in that dreadful instant that the gas death was upon him.

Then Gibson awoke from his trance, realising in one dreadful instant that they were flying far too low to clear those Himalayan peaks.

For one dreadful instant Bonnie thought he was going to cry, but he only shut his eyes and dropped his head into his hands.