by the moment

English

Prepositional phrase

by the moment

1. (idiomatic) Very quickly as time passes; progressively.
   • 2002, Ariel Sharon, ‎David Chanoff, Warrior: An Autobiography, page 184:

     But this war was being thrust on us, and our situation was becoming more dangerous by the moment.

   • 2009, Chuck Hughes, The Wedjat, page 215:

     He's getting crazier by the moment.

   • 2013, Donna Kauffman, Sugar Rush, page 138:

     She clasped her hands in front of her chest. “I'm feeling luckier by the moment.”

2. (idiomatic) Focused on the present moment; in the present.
   • 1875 November, J. E. M., “Living By the Moment”, in The Advocate of Christian Holiness, volume 6, number 5, page 105:

     They do not live by the moment; they do not make soul and body conform to God's time, which is the present moment.

   • 2009, Muhyiddin Shakoor, The Writing On The Water:

     I gauged my understanding by comparing the expressions which registered on people's faces with what was occurring by the moment in my own inner reactions to the talk.

   • 2022, Larry Huch, ‎Tiz Huch, Miracles by the Moment, page 227:

     Now, in hindsight, I see the far-reaching effects this focus on God had on my life and on the miracles I experienced by the moment.