spur-of-the-moment
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of spur-of-the-moment
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Written on the spur of the moment, Leave Me Alone quickly became the obvious choice to launch Rapp's second album, Bite Me.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
And behind it all is eleven-year-old Rayyan Arkan Dikha, who told the BBC that the viral moves came to him on the spur of the moment.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
On the spur of the moment, I walked down to the small shop, peeked in and saw a woman who matched the description.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
But what happened at Oceanwide Plaza wasn’t some spur of the moment scribble.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Ernest had bought it on the spur of the moment in 1950 as “a place where he could get away from the telephone and the pressures of his regular work,” Molly recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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