The phrase "a instant" is not correct in written English.
The correct form is "an instant" because "instant" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "Please hold on for an instant while I check the information."
Alternatives: "a moment" or "a second."
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No. Nor do they for a instant suggest that the holy should get a taste of the medicine they dished out during these past two millennia - though to hear the squeals from our anonymous ad hominem vituperators you would think so.
The informant had used a instant message relay service designed for hearing impaired and deaf people to pretend to be Mr Krebs reporting that Russians had broken into his home and shot his wife.
Launching this Friday, FriendVox is a instant messaging client for Facebook made by London-based Techlightenment, which recently did the Bob Dylan and Socialistics app.
They could have crushed me in a instant," he stated.
