He clung on to the second of disbelief, the last, precious instant of' now before it all changed.

Karl froze for a precious instant as Snake came at him, eyes bugging, chains rattling.

By leading, he felt that if there was a danger of any kind, he would gain a precious instant of reaction time.

She took a precious instant to stop and try to yank the shoes off, but she couldn't.

He could not, would not, believe it for the first precious idle instant.

For an instant, a precious instant, Vraduir was stunned past rational thought.

It was a precious instant, a warm helping of reaffirmation after so much cold fear.

The excitement left Harry Vincent unobserved for a precious instant.

Vic, forgotten for a precious instant, had a grim chance to go into action.

I could not think of wasting a single precious instant in delay.