How to Use shortly in a Sentence

shortly

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• He left shortly after you did.
• The nonstop flight will be shortly over four hours long.
  — Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2024
• All three of the new EVs should be in dealerships shortly.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• David Schultz was last seen in video footage shortly before midnight on the 20th.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2024
• But, according to Reuters, the White House will shortly make a fresh push to get Congress to extend the scheme.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• Ford was on her way to pick up a friend and spend the day with her shortly before the shooting, her sister said.
  — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2024
• The one where, shortly, a member of the Royal Family would sit, a few feet away.
  — Sam McAlister, Town & Country, 11 Oct. 2022
• The [buyout] signings will be done shortly, after the break.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
• Then, Johnnie Lang took a hard hit on the opening kickoff and was done for the day shortly thereafter.
  — Mitchell Gladstone, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
• Terry was struck in the back and died shortly afterward.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Flanks -- who drove a new blue car and did not have a white blotch on his face -- was arrested shortly after.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
• Nwora arrived at the arena shortly before tip-off and watched his new team’s loss to the Suns from the sideline in street clothes.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2023
• The tennis star was made an ambassador for the brand shortly after her US Open win.
  — Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2022
• He was hired shortly after Hilinski's death and was part of the staff when Beekman died.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 17 Nov. 2022
• The sun is now shining in Indianapolis, where cars are on the track — and the Indy 500 is set to begin shortly.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 26 May 2024
• Kate Stegall said the crashes began shortly before 9 a.m. and stretched across a mile.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• It’s often described as an adieu, since Mahler wrote it shortly before his death in 1911.
  — Vulture, 22 May 2023
• He was famously traded shortly before the deadline in 2004 by the Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs.
  — Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• Further details on the events will be announced shortly.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
• Sleigh Bells came first but Alan Palomo was shortly thereafter.
  — Jonathan Cohen, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
• And then Sam Bennett went to the box shortly afterward to give Edmonton its third power play of the game.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
• The rains that flooded much of San Diego and Tijuana shortly after the app’s launch had destroyed the road leading up to the canyon shelter.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
• There, Neruda falls ill with prostate cancer and is forced to return to Chile for treatment shortly before the 1973 coup.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2023
• His daughter and her boyfriend were fighting over the land shortly before the attack, Joseph Cheptegei said.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• That was around four months ago, shortly before Specht passed away on April 20, one day after her 81st birthday.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 21 June 2024
• All 11 sectors of the broad index were higher shortly before noon.
  — WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• The ones in the accompanying recipes are pillows of light yet substantial dough added to the pot shortly before the stew is served.
  — Sheri Castle, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• The full video of this interview segment will be coming shortly.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• The wife died at the scene and her spouse succumbed shortly afterward at a hospital, the prosecutor’s office said.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!
  — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024