in the twinkling of an eye
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In the words of St. Paul, “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.”
From The Verge ● Jul. 10, 2020
A line from "Messiah" proclaims: “We shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.”
From US News ● Dec. 23, 2014
The "great leap forward" that was to make China a major industrial power in the twinkling of an eye has instead produced something close to chaos.
From Time Magazine Archive
LSM 60 vanished in the twinkling of an eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
They marvelled to see with what speed these green-clad men now moved, vanishing almost in the twinkling of an eye.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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