TEMPORARY in a Sentence
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92 example sentences for TEMPORARY, such as:
1. Hard times were just temporary.
2. He had been termed a temporary employee.
3. They just reached a temporary agreement.
4. In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
5. Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
2. He had been termed a temporary employee.
3. They just reached a temporary agreement.
4. In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
5. Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
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Meanings and Examples of TEMPORARY
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temporary
n. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
a. lacking continuity or regularity
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 And as for Suellen and Carreen--they think all this is just a temporary matter.
2 Hard times were just temporary.
3 She knew that to Gerty and Mrs. Fisher she was only passing through a temporary period of probation, since they believed that the apprenticeship she was serving at Mme.
4 To each of the passengers his seat was his temporary home, and most of the passengers were slatternly housekeepers.
5 Guy Pollock wrote to a cousin, a temporary army captain, a confiding and buoyant lad who took Carol to tea-dances, and laughed, as she had always wanted some one to laugh, about nothing in particular.
6 Kennicott and Main Street had drained her self-reliance; the presence of Hugh made her feel temporary.
7 Even her flight had been but the temporary courage of panic.
8 It seemed only a temporary erection used in port.
9 They made a sort of temporary servants' hall of the high and mighty cabin.
10 But by desperate endeavor we at last shot into a temporary opening; then giving way rapidly, and at the same time earnestly watching for another outlet.
11 That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
12 Nor did such soothing scenes, however temporary, fail of at least as temporary an effect on Ahab.
13 He was alone, if the solitary sentinel who paced the mound be excepted; for the artillerists had hastened also to profit by the temporary suspension of their arduous duties.
14 A few fragments of rafters were reared against a blackened wall; and when Uncas had covered them slightly with brush, the temporary accommodations were deemed sufficient.
15 Instead of pursuing his way among those lodges where Heyward had already made his unsuccessful search, his companion turned aside, and proceeded directly toward the base of an adjacent mountain, which overhung the temporary village.
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 They just reached a temporary agreement.
2 This is Sara's first proper job - she usually does temporary work just for the money.
3 She suffered temporary loss of vision after being struck on the head.
4 We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
5 New members will be issued with a temporary identity card.
6 The permanent collection is displayed on the first floor, whilst the ground floor houses temporary exhibitions.
7 Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
8 The court acquitted Campbell on the grounds of temporary insanity.
9 Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.
10 The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.
11 In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
12 He had been termed a temporary employee.
13 The government will provide temporary accommodation for up to three thousand people.
14 The new bridge was erected as a temporary measure to replace the one which was destroyed by floods.
15 The tablets brought temporary respite from the excruciating pain.