TEMPORARILY in a Sentence

Learn TEMPORARILY 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.

31 example sentences for TEMPORARILY, such as:

1. I'm afraid we're temporarily out of stock.
2. Even Clifford was temporarily in love with him.
3. He will work here temporarily, one or two weeks.
4. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
5. Yes, and temporarily even better than Tara, dear though Tara was.

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 Meanings and Examples of TEMPORARILY
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Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Yes, and temporarily even better than Tara, dear though Tara was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  She gave her approval to the plan of hiring out the horse even though it meant the family would be without any means of transportation temporarily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  Therefore, in his ordinary tone, only a little broken by the bodily exhaustion he was temporarily in, he answered him saying that sweeping the deck was not his business, and he would not do it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
4  It is not necessary, hints the Bishop, that we consider Jonah as tombed in the whale's belly, but as temporarily lodged in some part of his mouth.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
5  It came to pass, that in the ambergris affair Stubb's after-oarsman chanced so to sprain his hand, as for a time to become quite maimed; and, temporarily, Pip was put into his place.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
6  The cost of the wedding feast would, of course, be returned to them; but the problem was to raise it even temporarily.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  This sentiment, floating to him upon the still air, had made him temporarily regret war.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paint-brush, and an overturned pot of white paint.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
9  Even Clifford was temporarily in love with him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  Any attempt to rouse his manhood and his pride would only make him worse: for his manhood was dead, temporarily if not finally.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
11  He was not temporarily overlaid with the colour; it permeated him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
12  No information could be got from the lady herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain-fever.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
13  Martha was waiting for her and the trouble in her face had been temporarily replaced by interest and curiosity.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  I am, temporarily, commander of the Pharaon, with the certainty of being permanently so, if that fool of a Caderousse can be persuaded to hold his tongue.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
15  Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence:
1  As the cars overtake you, they are temporarily outside your field of vision.
2  When things get a bit too much , she simply tunes out temporarily.
3  Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.
4  We might have to employ someone temporarily as a stopgap measure until we can fill the post.
5  The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south.
6  The stranger's question surprised me so that I temporarily lost my tongue.
7  I'm afraid we're temporarily out of stock.
8  Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
9  Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the impact of the volcano ash cloud temporarily lessened, but stressed that passenger safety would remain paramount.
10  The buses that failed to run were those that were temporarily stuck in stubborn, icy patches.
11  He said the United States had the right to temporarily hold and debrief high value terrorist suspects captured overseas.
12  Stimulant drugs are drugs that temporarily increase alertness and awareness.
13  He will work here temporarily, one or two weeks.
14  Security experts are urging PC users to temporarily stop browsing the Web with Internet Explorer, saying a newly identified bug makes computers susceptible to attack by hackers.