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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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However, the man returned on Monday (Nov. 19) and announced that everyone who had previously ordered a book would receive theirs shortly.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Zimbardo got thrust into the spotlight shortly thereafter when the 1971 Attica prison riot broke out.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Polls closed Tuesday night at 8 p.m., and California’s secretary of state released initial vote tallies shortly thereafter.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Therefore, the earliest results could possibly come in is 7 p.m. or shortly thereafter.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Zimbardo got thrust into the spotlight shortly thereafter when the 1971 Attica prison riot broke out.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Polls closed Tuesday night at 8 p.m., and California’s secretary of state released initial vote tallies shortly thereafter.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Therefore, the earliest results could possibly come in is 7 p.m. or shortly thereafter.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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