How to Use instantaneous in a Sentence

instantaneous

adjective
  • We got an almost instantaneous response from the company.
  • But the event wasn’t instantaneous – for the first 18 hours or so, the volcano belched smoke and debris into the air.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
  • 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 great lie about China wasn’t that good things would come from its enrichment, but that the good things would be instantaneous — and easy.
    Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Why did this song turn out to be an instantaneous chart-topper?
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 29 Oct. 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
  • This was where Kail and Miranda first met in 2002—and the chemistry was instantaneous.
    Adam Green, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2019
  • But with the help of Gemini, the process could be nearly instantaneous.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 May 2024
  • The interface is simple but gets the job done, and load times for the games and features are nearly instantaneous.
    Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 29 May 2018
  • 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
  • The response was instantaneous — but had nothing to do with the substance of Trott’s concerns.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The response was instantaneous — but had nothing to do with the substance of Mr. Trott’s concerns.
    Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Rather than being instantaneous like a bullet, the beam has to stay focused on the drone for a period of time to melt or burn it enough to bring it down.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2019
  • 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
  • When owner Stine Aasland debuted her stand at the 2018 fair, the long lines were instantaneous, and with good reason.
    Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • To make the instantaneous getaway, the capsule is outfitted with four large bolts that connect it to the launch abort system.
    Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
  • Email/texting is easy, free, and instantaneous, unlike writing a note and having to pay postage and put it in a mailbox.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The red flags popped up after the team arrived in Detroit because the tests don't give instantaneous results.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The video shows a biplane soaring over warships of the U.S. Navy and creating an instantaneous wall of smoke large enough to hide a fleet behind.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The instantaneous and accurate results are what does it for me.
    Zane Pickett, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Throttle response is instantaneous, and the engine always rewards prods of the pedal with a surge in the back and a trombone-like blast from the exhaust.
    Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 28 June 2020
  • The flight has an instantaneous launch window, so the rocket has to lift off at that time or wait until tomorrow.
    Loren Grush, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The process of turning things around was not instantaneous, but once results were heading in the right direction, momentum snowballed.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
  • This means, according to Benjamin, the transcription process should be nigh instantaneous.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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