Sentence examples for only transitory from inspiring English sources

But unlike Gerard, Ward permits only transitory doubts in the clergy.

Consequently, the Indo-European incursions of the second millennium bc had only transitory importance in the Middle East.

But Camões seems to have regarded comedy as unimportant, as a mere curiosity and a recreation to which he could give only transitory attention.

As Mr. Romano put it, "Egyptian artists were more interested in making an image that was understood than one that looked like something in life, since that appearance was only transitory".

Attempts to rejuvenate elderly males by injecting crude extracts from testicles of animals, as well as various androgenic compounds, were made, but the effects, if any, were only transitory.

architecture is the art of organizing space; but it is by construction that it expresses itself.... Functions, customs, and building regulations and fashions impose conditions which are only transitory.

Thus, the first dividend would not only be entirely transitory but very low fertility would have a strongly adverse effect on standards of living with a one generation lag.

Experience suggests the introduction of competition has only a transitory impact on health cost growth.

Only the transitory nature of their contents can be guaranteed: the rigidity of the corpse; the greenish-blue discolouration of the skin, gassy, bloated and soon bursting; the onset of mould and all the other signs of rot; the worms.

In all these cases, the test antigen provokes only a transitory response when the test is positive and, of course, no response at all when the test is negative.

We have, most of the time, only fleeting, transitory intuitions amidst the bustle of our practical lives.