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Example sentences for "instantly"

Lexicographically close words:
instantaneously; instantaneousness; instante; instanter; instantlie; instants; instar; instate; instated; instead
  1. And instantly giving himself a violent box on the ear, the whole assembly followed his example, and four thousand soufflets were given and received in the twinkling of an eye.

  2. It was a good-sized boat and instantly Hiram recognized at least one person aboard.

  3. A minute later they were peering into an adjacent cell, in which Dick instantly recognized the Major.

  4. With this material the flexibility is such that the frame gives before a strain, grudgingly it is true, but gives without receiving damage, and instantly returns to its former shape once the strain is removed.

  5. Instantly the Major's weapon cracked, while the Turk dropped his revolver with a howl.

  6. Instantly a dozen weapons held by the Gurkhas covered him, and Dick himself swung his own rifle to his shoulder.

  7. Dick heard it crash against the cobbles and instantly threw himself flat, being only just in time to escape the succeeding explosion.

  8. Instantly that familiar lift had swung downward, turning and twisting giddily upon its single strand of steel wire, till the dangling platform was actually resting on the gallery which supported Dick and his friends.

  9. A piercing shriek instantly awoke the sleepers aboard the airship.

  10. Instantly he reversed them, and presently had the satisfaction of seeing that the vessel was descending.

  11. Dick did as he was bidden, and instantly clutched tight to the frame of the window.

  12. There was a tearing, grating noise for'ard, followed almost instantly by the hiss of water meeting something intensely hot, and by dense clouds of vapour.

  13. Mrs. Hollister, a little pink spot on each cheek, tried to rise, but the young man came forward instantly and stooped over her.

  14. A cold chill struck at the young man's heart, and a vision of Shirley battling with the ocean waves was instantly conjured up.

  15. His fine, clean-cut face and clear eyes instantly dispelled her fears again.

  16. Fifty men were instantly rowed over to the right bank.

  17. Instantly there would be the fiercest sort of a scramble for the tidbit.

  18. Instantly there came to me the recollection of the sudden deaths of my friends at the ford of the Masuto River.

  19. Instantly the whole army stopped--and then came my bad moment!

  20. Instantly the thousand warriors raised their shields and war-clubs above their heads and the deep-throated shout "Nkoos!

  21. Instantly the lady to whom I had given my cabin and my Canadian friend volunteered.

  22. It is so literal that the competent hearer, or reader, instantly realizes, from its words, things.

  23. He cannot live amongst the smoke, and noise of fired shots: if you would grieve the Holy Spirit, and compel Him to retire, you have only to commence firing at one another, and He will instantly depart.

  24. Evans instantly fell on his knees, and with tears exclaimed, “Thanks be unto Thee, O Lord Jesus, for delivering one of Thy servants from the mouth of the lions.

  25. But he had not got far from port before the Gospel Ship, with Jesus Christ Himself as Commander on board, hove in sight, and threw such a shell among the merchant’s fleet that all his ships were instantly on fire.

  26. It seems rather in the nature of the Welsh mind, to take instantly a pensive, and sombre idea of things.

  27. The case which every one instantly recalls is that of the early Quakers who came to Massachusetts.

  28. She rejoined Mrs. Devar, and began instantly to expatiate on the beauties of Sussex, so Medenham ran slowly down the hill through Patcham and Preston into Brighton.

  29. That threatened a real difficulty in the near future, and she was much perturbed by being called on to decide instantly on a definite course of action.

  30. He glanced quickly over his shoulder, and instantly made up his mind to broach a project that he had thought out carefully since his quarrel with the Frenchman.

  31. Dale instantly became a lexicon of weird-sounding words, for the British turf is exceedingly democratic in its pronunciation of the classical and foreign names frequently given to racehorses.

  32. Hence, his lordship's attention was caught instantly by a touring car drawn up close to the curb in Down Street.

  33. And, instantly ashamed of herself, clenched her small, gloved fist.

  34. Nyoda looked down at his feet hastily and instantly realized that it was not he who had left the print on the stairs.

  35. Instantly Migwan was at her side, all solicitude.

  36. A flash of lightning out of a storm-cloud seems instantly to transform the whole passive universe into a terrible living power.

  37. Thus, if a bit of platinum which has this catalytic power is dropped into a vessel containing a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen, the two gases instantly unite and form water.

  38. If a man could be reduced instantly into his constituent elements we should see a pail or two of turbid fluid that would flow down the bank and soon be lost in the soil.

  39. That changing of the dark venous blood in our lungs into the bright, red, arterial blood would instantly cease.

  40. He stopped them instantly and threw his whole weight back to hold the sled.

  41. Instantly her eyes betrayed the fear she would not put into words.

  42. She tell me bring him quick" Beresford's body lost its easy grace instantly and became rigid.

  43. Out of it neither could emerge instantly with casual words of greeting.

  44. Cuffy still lay close to the prisoner, evidently prepared for an all-night vigil with short light naps from which the least movement would instantly arouse him.

  45. The gambler instantly chose his line of defense.

  46. He knew instantly that some time within the past day or two West had got a chance to drop them in the snow.

  47. Instantly he knew he had been tricked, led into a trap.

  48. I grasped a heavy stick, used for raising the windows, and told them in stentorian tones of a desperate man, that I would break the heads of all who were not instantly in their seats.

  49. Amen," came the response from the bowed heads of his companions; instantly the command was Marconied to every place which was in a state of anarchy.

  50. Phoebus, I'll write a sonnet instantly in praise of her.

  51. Anything, anything, Malevole: thou shalt see instantly what temper my spirit holds.

  52. I will be sick instantly and take physic: therefore in depth of night visit-- Maq.

  53. Well, I will go rail upon some great man, that I may purchase the bastinado, or else go marry some rich Genoan lady, and instantly go travel.

  54. Here, for the first time in my experience with Orthodox convents, lodgings were refused me by the old hegumenos, and I instantly ordered the horses to be loaded again, without attempting to soften his surliness.

  55. His brother Benjamin, again, to whom he was strongly attached, falling under suspicion of neglect of duty, was instantly broken, and sent on shore.

  56. She ventured to bestow a small caress on the girl, after a compliment; thinking that the compliment would be a check: but the compliment was passed, and the caress instantly replied to with two arms and a tender mouth.

  57. But instantly he would plunge his forehead into the palm of his hand, and rub it red, and work his eyebrows frightfully, until tender humanity led the sisters to resume.

  58. In cold weather they are thus kept warmer, and, if called to stand to their arms on a sudden attack, a large body of men can be instantly brought together.

  59. Cousin Giles, in a loud, jovial voice, which instantly made the person who has been described turn his head.

  60. I should instantly have been questioned, and imprisoned till I could give an account of myself.

  61. They had not gone far when another fox showed his nose out of the wood, apparently to learn what was going forward, and a few of the dogs instantly made chase after him, while the huntsmen followed the main body.

  62. We all got into her, but we instantly saw that thus crowded she would be swamped before she could reach the shore.

  63. The order is believed to be instantly obeyed, and the priest consequently spits over his shoulder at the devil, who is beating a hasty retreat.

  64. Instantly she was filled with men in grey and blue uniforms.

  65. Henry instantly rose from his seat and opened the door, when in rushed little Ned, breathless, and almost speechless.

  66. It was too absurd for anything; and instantly all our wonder transferred itself from the stream to the fisherman, at whom we stared with eyes and mouths wide open, in an exceedingly curious and ill-bred manner.

  67. One instantly perceives that the two conclusions are essentially different.

  68. Such an one he would instantly prefer to the old one.

  69. But even if I sever the entire water jet with a knife, the cut is healed the next moment, because by reason of the continuous flow of the water, the severed place is instantly eliminated from the body.

  70. The curiosity and kindness of the king led him instantly to the spot.

  71. As I took from my pocket the Bible, the eyes of the whole company were instantly fixed upon it.

  72. Instantly the Campagna was in the room--the great moonlit plain, a thousand feet below, with the sea at its further edge, and the boundless sweep of starry sky above it.

  73. But instantly Manisty was there, cigarette in hand, standing between them.

  74. They were instantly withdrawn, but not before the mingling of amusement and triumph in them had brought the quick red to the girl's cheek.

  75. And sometimes, as Manisty talked with the young men, the sharp wrinkled eyes rested upon the Englishman with a scrutiny, instantly withdrawn.

  76. She instantly perceived that he was in a state of such profound and passionate excitement that it was difficult for him to speak.

  77. Instantly Manisty gathered them up, and replaced them in the chill fingers.

  78. He was instantly conscious of something cool and critical in her attitude towards him.

  79. A tribunal regardful of the simplest rules of justice, or even of its own honour, would have instantly required the Marquis de Sairmeuse’s attendance.

  80. He instantly realised his folly; and frightened by his own words, stood literally stupefied with astonishment.

  81. Martial instantly broke the seal, and read: “I saved you, monsieur, by not recognizing the prisoner.

  82. The abbe instantly made his appearance, hurriedly closing the door behind him.

  83. One maid did forget the injunction that very day, addressing her young mistress as “madame,” and the poor girl was instantly dismissed, in spite of her tears and protestations.


  84. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "instantly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    apace; away; directly; expeditiously; forthwith; furiously; hastily; hotfoot; immediately; instantaneously; instantly; momentarily; now; once; outright; promptly; pronto; quickly; rapidly; readily; right; short; shot; soon; speedily; straight; straightaway; suddenly; summarily; superficially; swiftly