It brought all attention there for a long instant of suspense.

For a long instant the two men eyed each other steadily.

Herb Dwight sat as one frozen for a long instant.

For a long instant only its black bulk was thrown on the smooth wall.

The teacher hesitated for an instant too long and Hanasu turned to me.

A long instant later the air was thumped from him as though by a giant's fist.

For a long instant, he could not put a name to it, then he saw.

For a long instant, we stood staring out at the dark waves.

There was a long instant during which The Shadow saw what lay below.

It took a long instant for that to make sense, though he had never considered himself a slow thinker.