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present moment

n. at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment" [syn: here and now, moment]

Usage examples of "present moment".

What we can remember carries from that lost-in-the-mist thing up to this present moment.

I wondered why up to that present moment, knowing beyond doubt that her activities were inimical to my interests, were criminal, I had observed that foolish pledge.

In short, what Michael learnt from the talk at the present moment, as well as from the scraps of conversation he overheard later, was this.

The present moment just is here, Then slides away in haste, That we can never say they're ours, But only say they're past.

A slave appointed by his master to tyrannize over other wretches of the same condition, uncertain of enjoying to-morrow the blessings of to-day, has no other felicity than that of glutting the pride, the passions, and voluptuousness of the present moment.

This kind of practice is no longer suitable to the human organization which has reached the present moment of earthly development.

For Petrus Alfonsus says: 'Never take company of a strange man, on the way, unless it is that you have known him longer than the present moment.

Therefore, the combination of tough spending cuts and tax increases necessary to halve the deficit seemed to be the wrong medicine for the present moment.

And very unlike the present moment, which, looking around, feeling her hand in Art’.

At the present moment - having just lighted a faint oil lamp - he looked nervous, and before I knew it he was casting all his magical books into a fireplace on the window side of the room (where the wall slanted sharply) which I had not noticed before.

Furthermore, nought that has been said from the first day to the present moment has, methinks, in any degree sullied the immaculate honour of your company, nor, God helping us, shall aught ever sully it.

At this present moment she wanted only to bask in the sun of her pleasure, warm herself on the beaches of success.