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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At a press conference shortly after, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor confirmed, via Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, that students aged 12 and 15, the 49-year-old driver and a 27-year-old chaperone had died.
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Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
The incident unfolded shortly after noon when the vehicle pulled into Short Stop, a gas station and convenience store, located at 2002 Avenue I, KNOP reported.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after, the statement said.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
The incident occurred shortly after Murdaugh had been pushed out of the law firm his family founded more than a century ago for misappropriating funds.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
The incident unfolded shortly after noon when the vehicle pulled into Short Stop, a gas station and convenience store, located at 2002 Avenue I, KNOP reported.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after, the statement said.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
The incident occurred shortly after Murdaugh had been pushed out of the law firm his family founded more than a century ago for misappropriating funds.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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