Word Finder - momentarily

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(manner) In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.

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(duration) In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now.

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This plane will be landing at Idlewild Airport momentarily.

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Progressively; moment by moment.

She looked him in the eye, the smile momentarily gone.

The dogs were distracted momentarily by the sound of the telephone, but when it stopped ringing, they advanced further.

His empty gaze shifted momentarily from the window to her face.

It felt good to be off her feet, even if only momentarily and in such a manner.

Sarah managed to momentarily lift the silent pall suffusing the room.

He paused momentarily, taking in her beauty.

Alex was momentarily taken by surprise, but appeared to have no problem maintaining his erect status in the saddle.

He seemed momentarily to approach the doctrinal position of the Baptists, but by his statement, "I will be baptized only into the primitive Christian faith," by his iconoclastic preaching and his editorial conduct of The 'Christian Baptist (1823-1830), and by the tone of his able debates with Paedobaptists, he soon incurred the disfavour of the Redstone Association of Baptist churches in western Pennsylvania, and in 1823 his followers transferred their membership to the Mahoning Association of Baptist churches in eastern Ohio, only to break absolutely with the Baptists in 1830.

The fire returned to her eyes momentarily.

Dean lost his convoy of younger bikers on the short uphill and he paused momentarily at the crest to wipe his eyes and scan the roadway below him for his prey.

After a desperate melee of some minutes, the rally was sounded, and the survivors of the charge, breaking their way a second time through the French infantry, eventually reached the shelter of their own lines, having lost rather more than half their numbers, but having saved the situation momentarily for their own army.

Even as a temporary measure, the choice of an extra-Palestinian site for the Jewish state was bitterly opposed by many Zionists; others (with whom Herzl appears to have sympathized) thought that as Palestine was, at all events momentarily, inaccessible, it was expedient to form a settlement elsewhere.

Her attention was diverted momentarily to the officer who was watching her with concern.

Dean momentarily opened his eyes to the swaying end of the cut line across from him.

He was taken aback momentarily, but he recovered swiftly.

Dionysus Epiphanes (reigned 86?-85?), and lastly Philip II., the son of Philip I., who appears momentarily on the stage in the last days of confusion.

The engagement was indecisive in its results, but the Union commander's purpose, to hold Hood momentarily in check, was gained, and Hood's effort to crush Schofield was unavailing.

After the proprietors subscribed £5000 for the protection of the colony the assembly momentarily gave up its contest for a tax on the proprietary estates and consented to pass a money bill, without this provision, for the expenses of the war.

He was reluctant to pore over mug shots as he assumed the car would be located momentarily, and hopefully his assailants.

She whistles and heads over to the window as she looks down, momentarily distracted on her little quest.

All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself.

Momentarily, I was reminded of something Jim Proctor once said.

The key is to remove yourself momentarily from the anxiety provoking environment you are in so you release some of the tension you feel.

There's a slight vegetal note in the finish, but it distracts momentarily.

She dwelled on Gabriel's touch, lost momentarily.

He looked out the window momentarily and saw a 737 leaving a contrail at 33,000 feet in the serene blue sky.

The sight raises the heartbeat of the passer-by who momentarily imagines this is an otter.

The output from the delay circuit is normally high, changing momentarily to low on detection of a prolonged snore.

Martin's apparition then disappeared, leaving both of them momentarily stunned.

Should the rotating arms fail to pass over these correcting segments at their synchronous positions, correcting currents pass to a relay which cuts off momentarily the current actuating the tuning-fork, thereby altering the rate of vibration of the latter until the arms once more run together uniformly.

Impact.-If a vertical load is imposed suddenly, but without velocity, work is done during deflection, and the deformation and stress are momentarily double those due to the same load at rest on the structure.

Starting with a visit to Piombino, on the coast opposite Elba, he went by way of Siena to Urbino, where he made drawings and began works; was thence hastily summoned by way of Pesaro and Rimini to Cesena; spent two months between there and Cesenatico, projecting and directing canal and harbour works, and planning the restoration of the palace of Frederic II.; thence hurriedly joined his master, momentarily besieged by enemies at Imola; followed him probably to Sinigaglia and Perugia, through the whirl of storms and surprises, vengeances and treasons, which marked his course that winter, and finally, by way of Chiusi and Acquapendente, as far as Orvieto and probably to Rome, where Caesar arrived on the 14th of February 1503.

The pair touched exiting Colonial Two, with Dunne momentarily leaving the track and spinning before rejoining in 11 th place.

We paused momentarily on the ropes, hiding our face to prevent him seeing the steely resolve glaring in our eyes.

Martin 's apparition then disappeared, leaving both of them momentarily stunned.

In addition to other reasons that we'll look at momentarily, one of the greatest reasons to get your teeth whitened at the dentist is the speed at which your results will appear!

Faced with a display of such enigmatic shades, I was momentarily thrown by the selection, but ended up reaching for one - just one - color to start out with.

As always, the Bros quickly save the day and order is momentarily restored in the mushroom kingdom.

After an attack, she'll back off momentarily.

Combo moves could be executed by stringing together light attacks (which stunned an opponent only momentarily) that gave time to pull off more complex and damaging moves.

Blink reflex is stimulated by momentarily shining a bright light directly into the neonate's eyes causing him or her to blink.

When the cuff is inflated, an artery in the arm is squeezed to momentarily stop the flow of blood.

Holding a fire drill at night may be momentarily unpopular but may save lives and prevent serious injuries.

The child may burst into tears if an unknown person makes eye contact or shriek if left even momentarily in the care of an unfamiliar person.

To become more aware of each and every muscle, momentarily tense your entire body.

In the sixth episode, Michael Skupin fainted momentarily and was burned in fire.

Sophie creates a campfire cupcake featuring a marshmallow frosting that is momentarily set aflame.

His attention was distracted momentarily as the feeding tube was switched to Carmen's other breast.

Finally they descended into a low place in the ravine, momentarily putting an outcropping between them and the Indians who waited.

His head slammed against something hard and he lay there, momentarily stunned to the brink of unconsciousness before turning slowly to his side and opening his eyes.