promptly

Example Sentences

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Then, holding the stick in her left hand, Murphy slid the puck across the ice to her streaking teammate, who promptly banged it into the back of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal

The opinion then states, “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”

From Salon

Ross Ewing, director of moorland and strategic projects at Scottish Land and Estates, praised the swift action of gamekeepers who reported the injured bird promptly.

From BBC

“She promptly addresses issues directly affecting people’s lives,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

We continued for a while, then Togbe tried removing his hand, and I promptly sank again.

From Literature