rare moment

collocation in English

meaningsofrareandmoment

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rare
adjective
uk
/reər/us
/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofrareandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrare moment

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It is araremoment, but one which prefigures the end of the work.
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Inraremomentof inspiration, transcending the consciousness of his will, the grace of heaven may cause his work to blossom into art.
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Its materials are deliberately utilitarian: steel framing, preformed interlocking bricks of sand and cement, bare concrete and (in araremomentof 'archi-jazz')16 translucent corrugated panels.
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In araremomentof lucidity mankind foresaw occasions when the sovereignty of certain places would he intensely disputed, and would give rise to wars.
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We are currently experiencing araremomentin history: one of those that change its course and construct new realities.
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There is not much to say on this, except that it is araremomentwhen we are all of the same opinion.
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It is araremomentwhen a legislative authority or an executive transfers some of its powers to the citizens.
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Together, as an international community, we have provided araremomentof opportunity for people to dig themselves out of the situation and build a permanent peace.
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It is araremomentwhen my noble friend comes here as if on a white charger and summons and attracts 12 eloquent speeches to his cause.
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Bosko shows araremomentof anger, but is quickly cheered up by a fellow soldier.
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Instead, they sit under a walnut tree beside a river, with kingfishers, butterflies, hummingbird hawkmoths, a woodpecker drilling, and have araremomentof peace.
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Ganya, in araremomentof nobility, refuses, turing to go and fainting dead away.
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He invites her to sit with him, and they share araremomentof contentment, before she invites him to couple with her, since the calendar is correct.
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Instead, she spent the rare moments she had to herself reminiscing about the life she had left behind.
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Hercules is caught in araremomentof repose.
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My own and other research has shown that isolated and rare moments of community do occur in such settings, often through the efforts of devoted and devout care-givers.
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There have been rare moments of unanimity.
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Santiago will provide one of those all too rare moments of truth in international politics.
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