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Meanings of momentary in English

Lasting for a markedly brief time.

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Usage of momentary in English
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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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The idea of following up their momentary contact hardly crossed his mind.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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The youths parted again, erasing that momentary coalescence of forest and sea.
Existence
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But the single, momentary error is a suspension of belief too far.
The Guardian
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We assessed mood to control for possible momentary affective influences on cognition.
Pubmed
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The woman contemplated Bles in momentary perplexity, then bowing in turn, left.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
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The respite was momentary, and I employed it in my own defence.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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A momentary regret of his treatment of the boy stirred in him.
The Tavern Knight
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Then the momentary fear passed, and he was able to calm himself.
The Tangle Box
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But soon his natural cordiality gained the better of that momentary reserve.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
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In her countenance, indeed, was emotion,-unmeasuredsurprise; in her manner, momentary indecision.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
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A momentary dizziness-perhapscaused by his pain pills, perhaps not-sweepsthrough him.
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United Kingdom
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