Temporarily

Examples

• The sign Bell out of order is usually due to the fact that the battery is either temporarily or permanently exhausted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Wallace was temporarily in command of Smith's division, General Smith, as I have said, being confined to his bed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The achievements accumulated from generation to generation are deposited in it even though some of them have fallen temporarily out of use. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• My young friends Dale and Spiggot do all my business for me now, until my new offices are ready; for I'm only here temporarily, you know, Captain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Possibly it contained word that his people had but left the beach temporarily. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• No information could be got from the lady herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain-fever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was along these two roads that three divisions of McClernand's corps, and Blair of Sherman's, temporarily under McClernand, were moving. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The house was damp and decayed, indifferently furnished--evidently, recently occupied and temporarily used. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Warren's corps was now temporarily broken up, Cutler's division sent to Wright, and Griffin's to Hancock. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was not temporarily overlaid with the colour; it permeated him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• At another time the tin dipper that hung by the tank of drinking-water temporarily disappeared. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I knew though that my ruse had worked and that temporarily at least Thuvia and Tars Tarkas were safe, and the means of escape was theirs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• An electro-magnet is a piece of iron temporarily converted into a magnet by means of a current of electricity sent through a wire which is coiled around it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This charge seemed to revive their hopes temporarily; but it was of short duration. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I well remember a hot episode of his with a certain Madame Panache--a lady temporarily employed by Madame Beck to give lessons in history. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He was only angry, and he was only temporarily at bay. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They had few cities, mostly they were nomadic; at times they settled temporarily to cultivate the land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sir, whether you find me temporarily and cheaply lodging in an empty London house, or in a Calais apartment, you find Harriet with me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This was left on the north side temporarily to guard the large wagon train. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• With plants which are temporarily propagated by cuttings, buds, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Harriet temporarily left that same day, to go to her own friends, who lived in the neighbourhood. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Temporarily that city was cut off from all communication with the outside except by courier. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The forehead between the eyes consequently becomes, as could be plainly seen, temporarily contracted in breadth. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Editor: Marilyn