transitorily

Example Sentences

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I make account to be in London, transitorily, about the end of August.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

Something of the old spirit occasionally flashed forth, but fitfully and transitorily only, like the flicker of a lamp before its extinction.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles

Variations caused by the factors mentioned act only transitorily, and the pressure shortly returns to normal.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Isbister looked at him and wondered transitorily if some complex Providence had indeed brought them together that afternoon.

From When the Sleeper Wakes by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

You remember the profound words in our Lord's pregnant parable of the seeds, how one class which transitorily was Christian, had for its characteristic that immediately with joy they received the word.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander