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
• 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
• 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 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
• The Broncos momentarily took the lead on a fallaway 3 by Shaver.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• And from our vantage point on the Met steps, the fashion elite evoked feelings of grandeur that momentarily stopped time.
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
• As the crowd cheered in unison, I was momentarily distracted by the girl standing in front of me.
  — Sophie Axon, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022
• The game was paused momentarily when Baucom, 61, fell to the floor as medical staff rushed to his aid.
  — David Thompson, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• Sahvir Wheeler, the Wildcats' senior point guard, momentarily looked away and lost track of the ball.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
• Senior guard Zeke Williams stopped momentarily and looked at the glare of the floor, reflecting on his last four years for Naperville North.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• Tate momentarily paused before dishing a no-look pass to Brooks for the open shot.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 10 Dec. 2021
• Kemmerlin lost the ball momentarily, regained it and put it in for the lead.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 5 Mar. 2022
• Later in the night, Smith reappeared to sing a song with the National but lost her grasp on the melody and timing momentarily.
  — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• The first dose of adenosine momentarily stopped my heart.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
• The standings may momentarily say the Nats are ahead of schedule.
  — Barry Svrluga, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• The sergeant momentarily was trapped inside the car but eventually freed himself and helped to apprehend the driver.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
• In December 2003, a McDonald’s supplier was found to have an incident of mad cow disease, sending the stock momentarily plunging.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Nov 2024