Examples of shortly in a Sentence
He left shortly after you did.
“I can't help you right now,” he said shortly.
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Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon shortly before 9 p.m. at a home on Rancho Villa Road near Quest Road, north of state Route 78.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Kody's first wife, Meri, shortly followed with her own announcement in January 2023.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Universal said that project is moving forward as planned, and that a new release date will be announced shortly.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
For observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the moon won't rise above the eastern horizon until shortly before midnight, still at the farther end of its orbit from Earth.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Kody's first wife, Meri, shortly followed with her own announcement in January 2023.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Universal said that project is moving forward as planned, and that a new release date will be announced shortly.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
For observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the moon won't rise above the eastern horizon until shortly before midnight, still at the farther end of its orbit from Earth.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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