How to Use instantaneous in a Sentence

instantaneous

adjective
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  • We got an almost instantaneous response from the company.
  • Beauty is one of the most powerful—and instantaneous—ways to claim your space in the world.
    — Martine Thompson, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Mar. 2023
  • To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze.
    — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Its effect on them was instantaneous flight at the top of their speed in all directions from the scene of the conflict.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 21 Feb. 2022
  • As the story goes, the chemistry within the group was instantaneous.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The effects are instantaneous: smooth, clear skin that glows.
    — ELLE, 18 May 2022
  • The protests were instantaneous; there was chanting (though, to be fair, there always is), shirt burning, and signs.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • There are very few moments in your life that the before and after is instantaneous.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The engagement with the road, the feedback through the steering, the instantaneous torque -- there is romance with an electric car.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • As these thoughts passed through my mind, a nightmare vision came to me, complete and instantaneous.
    — Yael Goldstein-Love, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • At a depth of more than two miles beneath the surface, even a small hull breach would cause an instantaneous implosion.
    — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
  • The chemistry between the weed-loving rappers was so instantaneous that the duo became a franchise in its own right.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 June 2023
  • The slap’s near-instantaneous minting into coin didn’t come as a surprise.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • That's enough to achieve nearly instantaneous restarts after an idle stop.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 8 Nov. 2022
  • To Mendes, the appeal of bossa nova was both obvious and instantaneous.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Snow: The star of the show—mixes into the other ingredients for an instantaneous frozen dessert.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Will the heads of state be making any pledges that advance the rise of the instantaneous wholesale local energy market price?
    — Jemma Green, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Two years later, they were connected with Lily, and the pairing was instantaneous.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That initial storm unloaded one to three inches of rain and produced instantaneous rain rates up to four to five inches per hour.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Power is unlimited and instantaneous, which takes much of the stress out of driving.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • The news had an almost instantaneous impact on Kering’s stock prices.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But this process isn’t instantaneous, and if the coronavirus can establish itself in the nose and mouth quickly enough, the immune system may not respond fast enough to bar the gates.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Some might call it the best of both worlds: an ultra-thin membrane with instantaneous transient response and large surface area that is easy to drive and reliable in the extreme.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Waller-Bridge said her connection to Ford was almost instantaneous on set.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 June 2023
  • Doyle Rice: Yes, that was ... the premise of that movie was an instantaneous shutdown or collapse of the ocean current, and that caused almost immediate climate changes.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • When food hits a hot oven, a near-instantaneous series of reactions and transformations occur due to the heat.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Attorneys for the state countered with their own experts who said death by firing squad or the electric chair likely would be instantaneous and the condemned would feel no pain.
    — Jeffrey Collins, ajc, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Taking a chance on an up-and-coming designer paid off for Karen; the connection was instantaneous.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2021
  • With sport sandal-style water shoes, which typically expose the upper parts of your feet and toes to the open air, drainage is almost instantaneous.
    — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • Customers could take all of their money out of a bank in a second, resulting in an instantaneous bank run with no time for the government to intervene.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 10 July 2023

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