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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The 2025 Anime Awards will be available to stream as video-on-demand shortly on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch Channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 May 2025
After nights of clashes, then-President Donald Trump, known for issuing directives and invectives through social media, fired off a series of posts shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2020.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
The Long Beach Police Department responded to a call in the 2600 block of East Ocean Boulevard shortly before 2 a.m. on Nov. 24.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
On Wednesday, an investigator spied a suspicious drone over the detention center shortly before 3 a.m. and tracked it to a landing spot on top of an SUV parked just down the road.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 May 2025
After nights of clashes, then-President Donald Trump, known for issuing directives and invectives through social media, fired off a series of posts shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2020.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
The Long Beach Police Department responded to a call in the 2600 block of East Ocean Boulevard shortly before 2 a.m. on Nov. 24.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
On Wednesday, an investigator spied a suspicious drone over the detention center shortly before 3 a.m. and tracked it to a landing spot on top of an SUV parked just down the road.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
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“Shortly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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