Use of shortly in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include shortly at the start of sentence, shortly at the end of sentence and shortly in the middle of sentence

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shortly at the start of sentence


  1. Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
  2. Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
  3. Shortly after his admission into hospital he had a massive brain haemorrhage and died.
  4. Shortly afterwards, Dawson received an invitation to speak at a scientific conference.

shortly at the end of sentence


  1. He will arrive shortly.
  2. We should arrive shortly.
  3. Ms Jones will be back shortly.
  4. Nurse Millard will be with you shortly.
  5. The next programme will follow shortly.
  6. The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.

shortly in the middle of sentence


  1. They arrived shortly after 5.
  2. Hail fell shortly after lunch.
  3. Their trial will shortly begin.
  4. She is shortly to leave for Mexico.
  5. She died shortly after giving birth.
  6. Charles arrived shortly afterwards .
  7. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
  8. Duff explained his meaning shortly but clearly.
  9. He nestled down in bed shortly after he got home.
  10. He reached Cambridge shortly before three o'clock.
  11. We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal.
  12. I saw Simon shortly before his departure for Russia.
  13. The group will shortly go on a ten-city European tour.
  14. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
  15. The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion.
  16. Our information is that the police will shortly make an arrest.
  17. They separated, and soon/shortly afterwards Jane left the country.
  18. According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
  19. An investigation is underway after a missile self-destructed shortly after it was launched.

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