How to Use short-lived in a Sentence

short-lived

adjective

• But the grass-roots vengeance was short-lived, and met with more killings.
  — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• The Franks’ hopes of finding refuge from the Nazis proved short-lived.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2023
• The main batch of rain will be short-lived, and the sun will peek out in the afternoon.
  — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
• Batts said her time working with the City was short-lived.
  — Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
• The starting wage was $14 per hour, Wiberg said, and projects are short-lived.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
• The late surge would come, but its impact was short-lived.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2024
• The outcome ends, for now, the threat of a shutdown, but the reprieve may be short-lived.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2023
• The union was short-lived, with the news breaking that Frances had filed for divorce in March 2016.
  — Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
• But that relief over a union deal might prove short-lived.
  — Peter Grant, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• Maria quickly stole the lead, which was short-lived as all the players caught up.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
• The Web Warriors comics series was short-lived, but a lot of wacky fun. 86.
  — Dan Gvozden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
• In the early stages of RA, flare-ups tend to be short-lived and will resolve on their own.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
• An Escape Hatch Progress in the lawsuit was short-lived.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
• But the damage was short-lived: Within a year, the Dow was back to pre-crash levels.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
• The momentum was short-lived for Italy, whose deficit grew again as Japan took a 7-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Their next opponent would make sure that stay in the top five would be short-lived.
  — Craig Meyer, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• But that was short-lived too, when Canan Huss scored and drew a foul, enabling him to give the Macks a 61-60 lead at the free-throw line.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• Though Winker had a moment to shine Monday, Wong's was short-lived.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2023
• Cicadas are short-lived and will only be around for about six weeks.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• The lead was short-lived, as the start of Stage 3, lap 51, Custer blew the first turn and dropped several positions.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• The impact on China's AT1 market proved to be short-lived.
  — Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
• Yet Netanyahu is well aware that this reprieve will be short-lived.
  — Raja Shehadeh, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2023
• Some experts fear the lessons of these disasters are short-lived.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• And that, in turn, could indicate that this drop in Trump's support will be short-lived.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 30 May 2024
• His role in the White House was relatively short-lived.
  — James Rundle, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
• The show of hands may have brought a moment of levity, but that moment is short-lived.
  — EW.com, 28 May 2024
• But all the deals eventually fell through or were short-lived.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2024
• With some exceptions, many of those efforts turned out to be short-lived.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• With the tea race, the core technology itself—the clipper ship—was short-lived.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• In a matter of minutes, he’s made tens of thousands of dollars, but like with any gambler, his satisfaction is short-lived.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024