1.   When she spoke to me, calling me by name, I never wanted to do anything to spoil the moment.

2.   And now here he was, ready for his triumphant return to college basketball, hounded again by a darkness that threatened to spoil the moment.

3.   They never dreamed three months ago, when they made the reservations, that a showdown between protesters and federal agents could spoil the moment.

4.   Why spoil the moment?

5.   John Elway gave Denver one last Mile High memory before the Miami Dolphins spoiled the moment.

6.   Not even the ongoing ticketing woes or a transport crisis could contrive to spoil the moment.

7.   Mandela spoiled his moment of triumph by mistakenly saying Bolger would make a good leader for the people of Australia.