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Meanings of momentaneous in English

Lasting for a markedly brief time.

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Examples for "momentary"
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Results: Higher reports of momentary stress were associated with shortened gestational length.
Pubmed
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However, living to see these momentary highlights would also bring myriad downsides.
BBC
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Yet the stop was momentary; he rose and dashed into the cover.
Rolf in the Woods
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Nor is it a momentary absence: it is almost nine weeks now.
The Guardian
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The coolness was only a momentary relief; the heat came right back.
The great hunt
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One son was in the Albany Penitentiary; another a fugitive in Canada.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
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Enforcement officials earlier said the fugitive was believed to be in China.
Reuters
3
Retribution followed me; and I long remained a fugitive in the land.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
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There was in the first place no mention of the fugitive nephew.
Kenny
5
In me you see a fugitive from the wrath of the cardinal.
For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in O...
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But the gains could be fleeting as technical factors point to losses.
Reuters
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Fashion is in flux, referencing the past to create a fleeting present.
The Irish Times
3
I'm struck for a fleeting moment by the overwhelming sense of loss.
Dark Matter
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However fleeting, empowerment is what Sank wanted to bestow through these pictures.
The Guardian
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N ormally my experience of this area of London has been fleeting.
The Irish Times
Usage of momentaneous in English
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Whether any man is enabled by his acuteness and experience, to determine all these questions upon momentaneous reflection, I cannot decide.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 10 / Parlimentary Deba...
Frequent collocations
Momentaneous through the time