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"Momentary" in a Sentence (12 examples)
There was a momentary pause.
He gave a momentary glance to the passers by.
There was a momentary pause in the talk.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
That thought was momentary.
“The Master of Ravenswood!” said the Lord Keeper, when he had recovered his momentary astonishment.
There was a momentary lull in the violence as the leaders of the two sides parleyed.
My joy was momentary.
Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction!
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Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”
My eyes are bleeding / They've searched for someone else / Addicted to the hunt / And end up somewhere else / Where the expendable souls go / There must be more to this / I'm right in here / Stare through a glass wall / I tell you this my friend / We must be bigger / Than momentary bliss / Don't let the light you see restrain you / Don't put your trust in the dark outside / There will be more than you ever could die for / This momentary bliss is a lie / 'Cause my eyes they are bleeding / I'm off to treasure a brand new emotion / I'm taking off like a demon of fate / I reckon something will see my devotion
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