Meaning of by the moment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Very quickly as time passes; progressively.
   idiomatic
2. Focused on the present moment; in the present.
   idiomatic

Examples

“But this war was being thrust on us, and our situation was becoming more dangerous by the moment.”

“He's getting crazier by the moment.”

“She clasped her hands in front of her chest. “I'm feeling luckier by the moment.””

“They do not live by the moment; they do not make soul and body conform to God's time, which is the present moment.”

“I gauged my understanding by comparing the expressions which registered on people's faces with what was occurring by the moment in my own inner reactions to the talk.”

“Now, in hindsight, I see the far-reaching effects this focus on God had on my life and on the miracles I experienced by the moment.”

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