ਸ਼ਬਦ "ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ" ਦਾ ਡਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ "ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਂ ਜਲਦੀ; ਸੰਖੇਪ ਵਿੱਚ।" ਇਸਦਾ ਅਰਥ "ਸੰਖੇਪ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ, ਕੁਝ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ" ਵੀ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।
1. Shortly before Pennsylvania had become a state, my ancestors developed the sheltered land where the Finnulia River emptied into Crilly Lake at the base of the Wharton Mountains.
2. Lord Sangel and his wife disappeared shortly before the battle began.
3. Burl had left shortly after the Examiner shared his initial impressions, ordering Kila to report for duty bright and early the next morning.
4. Lach arrived shortly after she had eaten her lunch alone, her father tied up at the Council Hall.
5. The humiliation was so great I forewent my mop and bucket shortly after.
6. That would have been impractical with the numbers dying in a war that would very shortly have an end.
7. Three others of a likely look had entered shortly after Richard arrived.
8. Richard left his room shortly after and set himself towards the stables at the back of the inn where his own horse was kept.
9. She could hear their muffled voices in the corridor outside, shortly after she heard the footsteps of the pair walking away from her room.
10. She was convinced Mary would condemn her to the Tower and shortly after take her head.