For a panicky moment, he wanted to shout and run.
The force carried them out through the window, and for a panicky moment they trod thin air.
For one panicky moment he wondered if he had said too much.
But the panicky moments of Sunday were already fading on Monday.
For a panicky moment it seemed to Pendrake that she was going to faint.
For a single, panicky moment, Kirk was certain that he wasn't going to make it.
For a few panicky moments she wondered if he had already left, and then chided herself for thinking it.
For a few panicky moments Susanne lay perfectly still, hoping that whatever had seemed wrong was now all right.
But the Namdaleni, after a panicky moment, fought back.
And yet, for one wild, panicky moment, she was sorely tempted.