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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According to the Stockholm International Peace Institute’s arms transfers database, Kuwait would also acquire hundreds of man-portable Strela-2 air defense systems shortly thereafter.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2025
Another smoke bomb is released behind the goal shortly afterwards.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The Foos will hit the road shortly, playing tour dates in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico before the end of the year.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2025
Another smoke bomb is released behind the goal shortly afterwards.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The Foos will hit the road shortly, playing tour dates in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico before the end of the year.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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