How to Use short-lived in a Sentence
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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 -
The journey was short-lived, as a hurricane wrecked the fleet just seven days later off the coast of Eastern Florida.
— Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Any glimmer of hope was short-lived or quickly sabotaged.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
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