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

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

On ignition it becomes lemon yellow, and transitorily darker, even brown, and passes into the sexquioxide.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

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

Thus the young lion is spotted, during his first year, with dark spots on its lighter ground, and transitorily shows the livery that is most common in the genus.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various