transitorily
Example Sentences
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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 Louis Marshall Warfield
Isbister looked at him and wondered transitorily if some complex Providence had indeed brought them together that afternoon.
From When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There is no merit in mastering the feelings which only lightly and transitorily skim over the surface of the soul.
From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller
My mind felt, at times, quite confused; at other times, strange ideas shot transitorily through it, with the vividness of lightning; but they were only coruscations, and left no impressions.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
It is so difficult for human beings to live together; nay, it is so difficult for them to associate, however transitorily, and even under the most favourable conditions, without some shadow of mutual offence.
From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing
