How to Use momentarily in a Sentence

momentarily

adverb
  • The wind let up momentarily, allowing us to start a campfire.
  • We expect them to arrive momentarily.
  • He paused momentarily before finishing his speech.
  • The victim fell to the floor, rose and left the room momentarily.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 May 2022
  • Hatton birdied the 18th for a 66 to momentarily tie Fox for the lead.
    — Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Kizzee got off his bike and ran and the deputies momentarily lost sight of him.
    — Stefanie Dazio, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • That set the stage for the three-run bottom half of the inning that left the game tied at 5-5 momentarily.
    — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
  • Toh fell on the ground and hit her head and blacked out momentarily.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Parties are, at least momentarily, a thing of the past, but there is a time and place for them.
    — Lindzi Scharf, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Just before the flag is lowered for the day, the flag should once again be momentarily hoisted to the peak.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2022
  • But even at normal speeds, the oil in the oil pan might be sloshing to one side, and the oil pump gets starved momentarily.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • To return to the field, the training staff taped his hand to momentarily stem the bleeding.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022
  • The keepers will then use a wall to separate the pair momentarily to inspect the cub for the first time.
    — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The fight was stopped momentarily to check the bleeding.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • That gave Lin a share of the lead, but only momentarily.
    — Chron, 2 Oct. 2022
  • But like a kind of grace, that weight is lifted, even if only momentarily, in the flight of birds.
    — April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2020
  • It’s Margaret who leads the charge, and it’s Lane’s movie even when the film momentarily forgets it.
    — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Good enough to make the Mavericks the talk of the bubble, at least momentarily.
    — Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2020
  • In a still shot of the deer, it can be seen jumping over the meat counter, appearing to momentarily get stuck.
    — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The Broncos momentarily took the lead on a fallaway 3 by Shaver.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • He was momentarily caught in the protective netting as Yelich raced around the bases for the home run.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Although Monday’s win stopped the bleeding momentarily, the Bulls have tumbled from the top spot in the East to fifth.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Xander Schauffele ran in a 60-foot eagle putt across the 15th green to momentarily join a four-way tie for the lead.
    — Doug Ferguson, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • But the maneuver left his car momentarily paused, Thomas said, with the man running to the front driver’s side of the Lexus — gun drawn.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The man followed, took the phone from the neighbor, and spoke momentarily with dispatch.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The pop star, looking momentarily shocked, got right back up with a grin.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Even when Comeau loses Hedman momentarily, the rest of the machine works well enough to give him time to get back.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2020
  • But then Towns picked up his fifth foul and momentarily went out of the game, allowing Houston to tie the game at 102.
    — Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Williams joked, momentarily stopping her prepared speech and laughing.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Charlie was loving every minute, laughing constantly as Poppy spun in circles, and stopped momentarily before running back and forth again, sneezing and shaking her head.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025

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