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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Woodward discussed the theme in a podcast with partners from venture firm Sequoia in March, shortly before taking over the Gemini app.
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
Lawrence took a cue from Beckham shortly thereafter, milling about New York City, with her own black Kelly left undone.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
Video showed Reiner purchasing a drink at a gas station shortly before his arrest.
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Dashboard camera footage, shared by KMTV, showed the child in the median on the rainy morning shortly before he was picked up by truck driver Ed Coleman.
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
Lawrence took a cue from Beckham shortly thereafter, milling about New York City, with her own black Kelly left undone.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
Video showed Reiner purchasing a drink at a gas station shortly before his arrest.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Dashboard camera footage, shared by KMTV, showed the child in the median on the rainy morning shortly before he was picked up by truck driver Ed Coleman.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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