Definition of "present moment" []

• At this time (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Between the posts were ranged the milchers, each exhibiting herself at the present moment to a whimsical eye in the rear as a circle on two stalks, down the centre of which a switch moved pendulum-wise; while the sun, lowering itself behind this patient row, threw their shadows accurately inwards upon the wall."
• "As it has been long since I have had a confidential conveiance to you, I have brought together the principal facts from the adjournment of the Notables to the present moment which, as you will perceive from their nature, required a confidential conveyance."
• "“Yes—but it is not considered becoming in a jeune fille à marier; and at the present moment I am a jeune fille àmarier.”"