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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Wilkins was injured in Week 5 last season and had some sort of setback in his recovery that took him out of offseason practices and landed him on the physically unable to perform list shortly before training camp opened Wednesday.
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Mark Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
As out-of-towners continue to move to the Valley, national chains popular in other states do their best to follow shortly behind.
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Deputies were called about a car in the water near the 18000 block of Krome Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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The couple, who share three children, reconciled two months later — shortly before Pugh spoke to PEOPLE about the infidelity.
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Mark Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
As out-of-towners continue to move to the Valley, national chains popular in other states do their best to follow shortly behind.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Deputies were called about a car in the water near the 18000 block of Krome Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
The couple, who share three children, reconciled two months later — shortly before Pugh spoke to PEOPLE about the infidelity.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 24 July 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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