momently

Example Sentences

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Seizure of Axis ships in South American ports was expected momently.

From Time Magazine Archive

The character of Fricka seemed to become momently less goddesslike.

From Time Magazine Archive

I watched her for nearly half-an-hour: during all that time she never turned a page, and her face grew momently darker, more dissatisfied, and more sourly expressive of disappointment.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The wise and thoughtful man attacks his faults One after other, momently, In order due, and rubs them all away, E'en as a smith blows off the silver's dross, 240.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee

Their capture was momently expected, but they made good their retreat to their former position in the redoubt, with the intention unquestionably of escaping thence by the secret passage which had afforded them access.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles