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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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Underground construction should begin on the hotel parking ramp and office building shortly thereafter, project adviser Mike Hahm told Axios.
Construction on the 158-room hotel should be underway by summer, said Hahm.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
The Vancouver Police Department said that the ordnance was found by an archaeologist at Pearson Field Airport shortly before noon Wednesday.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
The ship dropped anchor shortly before Taiwan's state telecom company discovered a nearby undersea cable had been severed.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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