On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Momentary. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as fleeting or fugitive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Momentary in a sentence
Momentary meaning
- Lasting for only a moment.
- Happening at every moment; perpetual.
- Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
Using Momentary
- The main meaning on this page is: Lasting for only a moment. | Happening at every moment; perpetual. | Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
- Useful related words include: fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, short.
- In the example corpus, momentary often appears in combinations such as: momentary lapse, the momentary, was momentary.
Context around Momentary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Momentary
- In this selection, "momentary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, causing, empire, intimate, lapse, illusion and shudder stand out and add context to how "momentary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a momentary blip like and be a momentary call for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "momentary" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with momentary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was to be a momentary reprieve. (7 words)
What momentary beauty and sadness: every world with a corner. (10 words)
It was a momentary phrase played while he fished for an outro guitar solo. (14 words)
Jah Prayzah’s insistence that no filming could take place without additional payments effectively forced the hand of the broadcaster, leading to a momentary disruption that called into question the authority of both the Government and ZBC at the event. (40 words)
It was just a momentary illusion, with just enough crude similarities to the horrible pictures we all still carry that it could trigger the thought in my mind, but it always gave me a momentary shudder. (36 words)
And my counterfactual is that, absent the Cold War, the New Deal, which we now regard as such a juggernaut, would be seen as a momentary blip like so many other progressive moments in American politics. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was just a momentary illusion, with just enough crude similarities to the horrible pictures we all still carry that it could trigger the thought in my mind, but it always gave me a momentary shudder.
A fire erupted from an electric bicycle's battery in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Thursday, causing momentary panic on the streets near Roppongi Hills.
Bad Comments is a fast-paced fusion of drama and thriller, with a blend of momentary comedic reliefs.
Building the prestige of these championships would require AEW to value the sport over momentary viewer spikes.
But Belibi – who had played a stellar game thus far – threw the ball to a Huskies player in a momentary lapse of concentration, forcing the Cardinal to desperately foul their opponents.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, don’t whittle over details, don’t let yourself get too embroiled in momentary squabbles and stresses.
He regained some of his old mojo with the crime drama ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ (1990) and the actioner ‘Hum’ (1991), but this was momentary and his rocky relationship with the box office continued.
In this Attention Age, all the way out to the edge of the empire, momentary mass attention is the source of power.
It was a momentary phrase played while he fished for an outro guitar solo.
It was public yet intimate, momentary yet momentous, fleeting but etched permanently for the sender and the receiver.
It was to be a momentary reprieve.
Not an item that gives them a momentary pleasure, but something that helps others.
Police believe Thursday's crash at Chiltern that killed four Central West residents was caused by momentary inattention by a driver.
The number of first-time lawmakers could be a momentary shock to the system due to ideological rigidity, giddy naiveté and a general lack of understanding of the processes.
The tie remained poised at 0-0 at half-time, but a momentary lapse in concentration allowed the visitors to pounce with a well-taken goal to take the lead.
What momentary beauty and sadness: every world with a corner.
And my counterfactual is that, absent the Cold War, the New Deal, which we now regard as such a juggernaut, would be seen as a momentary blip like so many other progressive moments in American politics.
In a tweet, he said, “It is not enough for this just to be a momentary call for unity.
Investigators say they are coming through bodycam footage, surveillance video, and social media posts to identify the youths who waged a momentary campaign of terror in the small town.
Jah Prayzah’s insistence that no filming could take place without additional payments effectively forced the hand of the broadcaster, leading to a momentary disruption that called into question the authority of both the Government and ZBC at the event.
Common combinations with momentary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- momentary lapse 10×
- the momentary 9×
- was momentary 5×
- of momentary 4×
- in momentary 4×
- momentary and 4×
- be momentary 4×
- just momentary 3×
- and momentary 3×
- momentary panic 2×