For one terrifying instant he saw the red line of the laser dart near his leg like a curious snake, and then it was gone.

A terrifying instant later his hand came completely free.

For a terrifying instant the heat overwhelmed him.

For a terrifying instant, he thought something might be wrong with Amy.

For a terrifying instant, he felt his own dematerializing body pulled away from the pad.

In one terrifying instant the countenance of a man who'd slaughtered nine people confronted them.

Everyone on board must have died in that insane, terrifying instant.

For a terrifying instant the ship seemed to be out of control and at the mercy of the swirling wind.

For a terrifying, sickening instant he saw everything, the unbelievable horror of the killer coming right into his home.

There was a terrifying instant in which he felt the right wheels slide onto the shoulder and slip downward.