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 Warfield, Louis Marshall
Wasn't it my own phrase to speak of "that greater mind in men, in which we are but moments and transitorily lit cells?"
From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
There is no slavery so abhorrent as that of the menial who has no thought beyond the narrow sphere of his servitude, and the little pleasure which his light heart may transitorily enjoy.
From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy
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)
I make account to be in London, transitorily, about the end of August.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John
