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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are momentarily expected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is anticipated to happen very soon or in the near future.
Example: "The guests are momentarily expected to arrive, so please prepare the seating arrangements."
Alternatives: "are expected shortly" or "are anticipated soon".
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He and the generals are waiting for the return of the hundred-odd B-29s that are momentarily expected at the end of the three-thousand-mile, fifteen-hour round-trip journey to Japan, and are about to encounter a "big, black, dark thunderstorm, teamed with a heavy, tropical rainstorm [that] had reduced the ceiling over our landing strip to zero, zero, zero, and zero".
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Gen. ALMONTE has not yet arrived, but he is momentarily expected.
The flames were momentarily expected to burst out and sweep the decks, the fire gangs having given up all hopes of extinguishing them, but continuing to apply wet blankets, &c.
As Jackson's arrival on the Confederate left was momentarily expected, the Federals were likely to start their shift to the right at any time.
The couple are momentarily frozen.
The figures are momentarily stilled.
And yet we are momentarily fooled.
Ms. de Niese's lyric soprano has a good, solid top supported by a firm middle range that yields a full, if not especially loud, rounded tone that can be momentarily disconcerting if you expect the bright soubrette voice that has become the norm in this role.
I'm momentarily confused.
James was momentarily speechless.
You're momentarily stumped.
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