PRESENTLY in a Sentence

Learn PRESENTLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for PRESENTLY, such as:

1. Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
2. Analysis showed that water was present in the mixture.
3. Analysis showed that cocaine was present in the mixture.
4. He gave a brief analysis of the present economic situation.
5. We shall have Tom Gradgrind down here presently, I suppose.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRESENTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
presently
 ad.  in the near future
 ad.  at this time or period; now
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He appeared presently, looking a little irritable at being disturbed in his slumbers.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  Mr. Utterson sighed deeply but said never a word; and the young man presently resumed.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
3  He was ashamed of his relief, when Poole presently returned to announce that Dr. Jekyll was gone out.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
4  They heard the doors of rooms above, opening and shutting as Sissy went from one to another in quest of her father; and presently they heard voices expressing surprise.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  That bereaved lady, fifteen years older than he, fell presently at deadly feud with her only relative, Lady Scadgers; and, partly to spite her ladyship, and partly to maintain herself, went out at a salary.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
6  We shall have Tom Gradgrind down here presently, I suppose.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
7  Time, with his innumerable horse-power, worked away, not minding what anybody said, and presently turned out young Thomas a foot taller than when his father had last taken particular notice of him.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV
8  She gave some feeble signs of returning animation when they entered, and presently the faint transparency was presented in a sitting attitude.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
9  In the drawing-room of which mansion, there presently entered to them the most remarkable girl Mr. James Harthouse had ever seen.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
10  A train for Coketown would come through presently, Mrs. Sparsit knew; so she understood Coketown to be her first place of destination.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
11  Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  We shall see that presently," said the robber; and, speaking to his companions, he added, "bring along the knave.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
13  The tumult was presently increased by the advance of the second rank on either side, which, acting as a reserve, now rushed on to aid their companions.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
14  I will learn that presently," answered Locksley; "and I charge ye, on peril of your lives, not to stir from the place where ye stand, until I have returned.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
15  The Jew then looked at the glowing furnace, over which he was presently to be stretched, and seeing no chance of his tormentor's relenting, his resolution gave way.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.
17  The present administration has demonstrated little regard for environmental issues.
18  He warned that correcting the mistakes of the present administration would not be easy.
19  Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
20  Analysis showed that water was present in the mixture.
21  Analysis showed that cocaine was present in the mixture.
22  He gave a brief analysis of the present economic situation.
23  Analysis showed that traces of arsenic were present in the body.
24  The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.
25  Seize the present day, trusting the morrow as little as may be.
26  Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue.
27  However, it seems reasonable to assume that pragmatic factors in comprehension will also be present in production.
28  The present constitution gives supreme authority to the presidency.
29  The country's present difficulties arise from the reduced value of its money.
30  The leadership want to present a single slate of candidates to be approved in an open vote.