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
LSM 60 vanished in the twinkling of an eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
The map of life is changed in the twinkling of an eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the change that now came into my life, into all our lives, blasting its way into our village, seemed wrought in the twinkling of an eye.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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