now
adverb
at the present time or moment.
nowness
-
a word derived from
now.
Example Sentences
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As a group, they pose a bohemian counterpoint to mainstream convention in an exhibitionistic lineup that reflects the red hot nowness of that era.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
Beethoven, though, for all his own sonic nowness in harmonies never before heard, in trills that move music outside of drama, nevertheless operates on a dialectic that here seemed of another age, rather than ageless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
In both cases, this felt like an immersive sonic nowness into which we enter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
Whatever mix of instinct and serendipity produced such a vivid dystopia for such a vividly dystopian time, the shock and originality of that nowness can’t be repeated.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2017
There was a skyness to the sky and a nowness to the world that he had never seen or felt or realized before.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
