momentary in English

adjective
1
lasting for a very short time; brief.
a momentary lapse of concentration

Use "momentary" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "momentary" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "momentary", or refer to the context using the word "momentary" in the English Dictionary.

1. There was a momentary pause.

2. We feared a momentary attack.

3. Davis was surprised into a momentary silence.

4. The momentary pause had turned suspicion into certainty.

5. He's held up humiliation by a momentary slip.

6. There was a momentary hesitation before he replied.

7. One momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal.

8. I caught a momentary glimpse of them.

9. 2 I caught a momentary glimpse of them.

10. After a momentary silence, the President spoke again.

11. We had a momentary chill when they climbed aboard ... piracy?

12. Leng had a momentary lapse and spoke out of turn

13. Strike in chords from your harp fitful momentary rhythms.

14. A momentary look of anxiety passed across his face.

15. So thinking, if they thought it was worthwhile, I would take a momentary diversion -- maybe a year, maybe two, three, maybe even four -- in academic terms, that's momentary.

16. Was it all just a year of madness, a momentary dot.con?

17. You're just another tiny, momentary speck within an indifferent universe.

18. Is this a momentary indicator with no long-term payoff?

19. Despite momentary peace, the past begins to unravel against everyone's secrets.

20. I had a momentary lapse when I couldn't remember his name.

21. A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match.

22. Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her wayward granddaughter.

23. A jay appeared - momentary flash of azure blue wings - to screech and vanish.

24. In the midst of her momentary relief, she knows everything is very different.

25. 15 Ananias and Sapphira did not fall prey to a momentary weakness.

26. About sex , the pleasure is momentary position ridiculous and the expense damnable.

27. The controller may include a momentary switch, a relay, and a diode.

28. Rory reflected gloomily as Candy sat down again, her momentary anger placated.

29. By indulging in momentary pleasures, such people reap years —even a lifetime— of woe.

30. Those who are not must forgive me my momentary lapse into modest mathematical sophistication.

31. He panicked due to the sudden blankness in his eyes and the momentary darkness

32. About sex, the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous and the expense damnable.

33. I did not trust myself to reply. After a momentary silence, the President spoke again.

34. In a subsequent long measurement, the momentary position of the mandible (yellow cross) is portrayed.

35. The defense’s Alienists claimed Thaw might have suffered a momentary “emotional insanity,” a theory MacDonald dismissed

36. In passive mode, they define the momentary parameters of the focus, without activating the adjustment mechanisms.

37. It is no longer “a fluttering heart”, allured by momentary whims, shunning disagreements and seeking petty satisfactions.

38. Some translations render it “coming,” “advent,” or “return,” all of which imply a momentary event in time.

39. As Father Maier fretted over the course of the meeting, Ray McGovern reveled in his momentary success.

40. More interesting was the momentary lapse of patience by Coach Dave Wannstedt in defending the moves.

41. However, compliance is a momentary change of behavior and is defined as a type of Conformity

42. Clearly it was just an accident of history, a fluke, a momentary incursion of an otherwise universal pandemic.

43. 15 Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail, she fought down the momentary surge of panic.

44. References to past events or singular, momentary events are some of the grammatical conditions that use Aorists.

45. Paige scarcely registered the momentary pain of his possession before spiralling waves of indescribable pleasure took her.

46. "That momentary transparency aggregated with all the moments at which you are recorded ...yield a unified pattern" Whitaker observes.

47. They have a very hard time saying no to momentary pleasures, regardless of the risks or consequences.

48. This apparent improvement was but momentary -- it was a false calm, which the least breeze could ruffle.

49. Attitudes are relatively stable phenomena: An attitude is not a momentary feeling but a long-held view of something

50. 27 Clearly it was just an accident of history, a fluke, a momentary incursion of an otherwise universal pandemic.