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How to use temporarily in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Temporarily means for a limited period of time; not permanently. Example: “Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.”

Examples of temporarily by meaning

adverbFor a limited period of time; not permanently.

  • The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.1975 April 13, “Late President funeral service set for April 16”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column...
  • The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant...

More sentences with temporarily

  • Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.From the entry absent
  • I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.From the entry stone
  • They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.From the entry jam
  • He used a piece of putty to temporarily bung up the leaking gutter.From the entry bung up
  • The sign that said the elevator was "temporarily out of service" had been there for months.From the entry out of service
  • The curtain coater broke down and the factory had to close temporarily.From the entry coater
  • After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.From the entry agitation
  • I misexpressed myself when I said I didn't want to see you. I only meant that I was temporarily busy.From the entry misexpress
  • When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.From the entry bleed
  • As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid.From the entry unready
  • Bill Essayli, Trump’s pick in April to temporarily lead the U.S.2025 October 28, Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, “Judge rules LA’s top federal prosecutor was illegally appointed”, in POLITICO. From the entry bill
  • The timetable on other lines has been temporarily reduced to allow for driver and guard familiarisation.2023 March 22, “Network News: New Class 777s make inroads on Merseyside”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12. From the entry familiarisation
  • Last month, a public library in Iowa was forced to close temporarily after all full-time employees quit.2022 August 5, Claire Woodcock, “This Town Voted To Defund its Public Library After it Included LGBTQ+ Books”, in Vice.com, archived from…. From the entry LGBTQ+
  • About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise).2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04…. From the entry cacophony
  • The NIMC temporarily shut down registration centers on December 21, due to non-adherence to Covid-19 measures.2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN. From the entry NIMC
  • When the asteroid struck, it temporarily carved a hole 60 miles across and 20 miles deep.2019 September 10, Katherine Kornei, “A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry Cenozoic
  • They penetrated even the bozone layer of the Canadian Government, and the policy was temporarily withdrawn.2015, Elaine Coburn, edited by Emma LaRocque, More Will Sing Their Way to Freedom: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence, Fernwood…. From the entry bozone layer
  • His death "created a netherverse, one which has temporarily absorbed your two universes."2006, Mark Voger, Kathy Voglesong, The Dark Age. From the entry netherverse
  • Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.2005, Lloyd J. Brown, Lee Todd Miller, Pediatrics, page 383. From the entry stereotypical
  • The removed text is temporarily stored in the system INSERT HERE buffer.1990, Paula Sharick, The Essential Guide to VMS Utilities and Commands: VMS Version 5, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN. From the entry insert
  • So, it is temporarily voidened on account of stay granted by court.1989, Lok Sabha Debates - Volume 52, Issues 20-21, page 21. From the entry voiden
  • A piece of Haymarket ware paid to alter her profession temporarily?1985, Rosina Pyatt, To Catch an Earl. From the entry Haymarket ware
  • Near the pond was the ducking-stool where many a village scold had her tongue temporarily stilled.1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379. From the entry still
  • Position the gutter, then temporarily nail it to the fascia with 6d common nails at several places.1969 September, Richard Day, “How to Install Gutters and Downspots”, in Robert P. Crossley, editor, Popular Mechanics, volume 132, number…. From the entry ferrule
  • The catheters insure patency, prevent reflux, and temporarily divert urine from the suture line.1954 February 15, Oswald S. Lowsley, Thomas H. Johnson, Antonio E. Rueda, “Operation for Urinary Diversion”, in Modern Medicine, volume…. From the entry ureteroproctostomy
  • Its suddenness left me temporarily speechless; the embarrassment of Duare was only too obvious.1932, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter XII, in Pirates of Venus, published 1934. From the entry contretemps
  • Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate.2022 December 14, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern”, in RAIL, number 972, page 24. From the entry world cup
  • And a broken-down train and the severe weather temporarily shut the line between Dawlish and Exeter St Davids.2021 December 29, Stefanie Foster, “Storm Barra causes fresh disruption to the railway”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19. From the entry broken-down
  • His life was temporarily becalmed and there was nothing he could do but wait for the time it would resume.2019, Tim Pears, chapter 1, in The Redeemed (The West Country Trilogy; 3), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (The Battle 1916). From the entry karozzin
  • I break it to Youngest Child, a Generation Zedder raised by the interweb, that we may be temporarily off-grid.2019 September 28, Janet Christie, “Youngest solves the no wi-fi issue in our new home: Mum’s the word”, in The Scotsman, page 8. From the entry Generation Zedder
  • It was always hard to imagine what this show looks like with all the humans on all sides temporarily working together.2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV…. From the entry zag
  • Through over-practice of Balakiref's "Islamey" and Liszt's "Don Juan" Fantasia, he temporarily lost the use of his right hand.2013, Gerald Abraham, Peter Calvocoressi, Masters of Russian Music, →ISBN. From the entry single-handedness
  • It was most unusual to have her strong, restless, wandersome father ensconced at home even if it was only temporarily.2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar I. From the entry wandersome
  • Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.1996, Hype Hair, page 42. From the entry loc
  • In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291. From the entry animation
  • Coastal pods tend to share a large area with other pods, and sometimes combine temporarily to form ‘superpods’ or clans.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 41. From the entry superpod
  • Making our way past a one-girl switchboard temporarily girled by two frantic operators, we found the victorious president, Elliott A.1949, The New Yorker. From the entry girl
  • The dark, crescentic area is the opening of the bursa, from which the covering membrane is temporarily withdrawn.1943, Charles Milton Kirkpatrick, Growth, Development, and Endocrine Studies of the Ring-necked Pheasant, with Special Reference to the…. From the entry bursa

Meaning of temporarily

  1. adverb For a limited period of time; not permanently.

Full definition of temporarily

Questions about temporarily in a sentence

How do you use temporarily in a sentence?
Temporarily is used as an adverb. For example: “Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.”
What is a short sentence with temporarily?
“After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.”
What does temporarily mean?
Temporarily means for a limited period of time; not permanently.

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