A moment of silence preceded their first game after the disaster, and afterward, as the players shook hands with one another, the parents did, too.

If his need had not been so intense, he would have hesitated much longer than he did, for the moments preceding a kill were exciting, almost better than the act itself.

As they do so, Torres dreams about the moments preceding the accident.

In the moments preceding the show's live performance and broadcast, the team learned from Michaels that "Lazy Sunday" would be shown on that night's show.

Eventually, she was able to reconstruct the moments preceding her first stroke at her home on Long Island, suffering from a terrible headache and trying to soothe her hungry infant.

It is said that the moment preceding the realisation of our mortality, our entire life flashes before our eyes.

A moment of silence preceded the first exhibition game here.

Within a few moments preceding the appointed hour, Mr. Sutherland appeared.

Two critical moments in the ninth preceded Strawberry's winning hit.

A moment of frowning consideration preceded the grudging reply.