split-second

When Harper reached the beginning of the trees, everything began to happen in what, had he survived, he would have described as a split-second flash.

The Lions of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002

As if any TV pilot these days would dare waste a split-second of time.

TV review: A&E's 'Breakout Kings,' where prisoners outsmart the escapees 2011

Now, me personally, I haven't watched a Super Bowl since 2004, when Janet Jackson's nipple popped out during half time, and that split-second glimpse of an unrestrained black titty burned my eyes and offended me as a Christian.

Bill Maher: New Rule: Americans Must Realize What Makes NFL Football So Great: Socialism Bill Maher 2011

Film critic and historian Neal Gabler recently noted that in an age of split-second social media, audiences no longer depended on the cultural elite for recommendations on what movies to see.

Thane Rosenbaum: True Grit and the Truth about Revenge Thane Rosenbaum 2011

Numbed with alcohol, I jumped back up in a split-second but I saw the wincing faces in the front row looking back at me, and Elizabeth Shannon had cupped her hands to her mouth.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

She takes my hand and begins pulling me away from the mirror, I resist for a split-second just to take myself in one last time, confirming the symmetry of my shirt, tie, dress pants—the whole ensemble.

Things You Can Do, Some Can't Be Done Joseph M. Owens 2011

Seeking to transform her secondary experience of the depicted events into something more authentic, Garnett culls photographs of military explosions from online sources, reconstituting the harrowing, split-second images using traditional oil paint and canvas.

Sharon L. Butler: Blast Radius Sharon L. Butler 2010

And it feels like we're living in that split-second

"You know everything gets written down." greygirlbeast 2009

Seeking to transform her secondary experience of the depicted events into something more authentic, Garnett culls photographs of military explosions from online sources, reconstituting the harrowing, split-second images using traditional oil paint and canvas.

Sharon L. Butler: Blast Radius Sharon L. Butler 2010

Then, in the same breath and within a split-second of that same thought, I was already thinking about getting wasted back in L.A.; planning the very thing that I was pushing away in my head.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011