With bare seconds to act, Nish did the only thing he could.

In bare seconds, the hamlet of Flat vanished behind him.

Becoming the beast took bare seconds, but he was in mid-transformation when the shadows pounced upon him.

Almost immediately, it was lost to sight and, bare seconds later, the last faint throb of its engines died away in the darkness.

She got to the Jefferies tube bare seconds before he did and threw herself into it.

In bare seconds, the nine were inside with their cartons and their checks.

For an age that in reality lasted bare seconds, the world behind the screen was unknowable.

Firing from five light seconds out, the balls took a bare seven seconds to reach their targets.

Whatever air support he could expect would have a bare five seconds to acquire and engage their targets before having to break clear of the battlefield.

She had bare seconds to grab hold of the gate's rusted lower bars and save herself.