not for a/one moment

idiom

: at no time : not at all
I did not believe her for a/one moment.

Examples of not for a/one moment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And so got home, went to a clinic for a couple of weeks and looked into it and haven’t been suicidal since, not for a moment. Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024 Winehouse’s true legacy will not for a moment be forgotten, and the forthcoming biopic Back to Black – aptly titled after Amy’s history-making album of the same name – will further ensure this certitude. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 10 May 2024 LaFortune did not for a moment consider trying to put Tcherry on another boat. Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023 This legal action has taken a long time and has not for one moment been pleasant for me or my family. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 June 2022 The print screened over this past weekend, lacking either opening titles or credits, ran two hours and 33 minutes, and not for a moment was its vision less than epic. Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 Rafal does not for a moment believe that passing on unhealthy genes makes someone a bad parent, either. Wired, 6 July 2022 The tension never abated over five thrilling games, not for a moment. Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021

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“Not for a/one moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20for%20a%2Fone%20moment. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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