Jeffrey Grant didn't know quite what yet, but he was so attuned and accustomed to the atmosphere of his quiet little museum that the slightest change registered instantly.
More important, it instantly registers that he has something fresh to bring to Richard that is more than novelty.
The digital I.D. would instantly register each time the user tried to enter a site.
No emotion touched him that did not instantly register in his expression, and sincerity shone in his face like a beacon.
And the Kop instantly registered their approval.
The two code names would register instantly in her file-like mind.
In an age of sound bites, melodies take too long to develop, while a snappy beat and a brash texture can register instantly.
She registered instantly that it was shyness and not distaste that held him rigid.
The dead woman does not instantly register.
He instantly registers as both a type, the sort of parasitic poor relation common to 19th-century European fiction, and a disturbingly real individual.