How to Use short-lived in a Sentence

short-lived

adjective
  • That progress proved short-lived.
    — Tony Plohetski, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But our respite proved short-lived.
    — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The trend could be short-lived.
    — Kff Health News, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But that win may be short-lived.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But the break may be short-lived.
    — Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • But the respite could be short-lived.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The pain will not be short-lived.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • Such calls were short-lived, though.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But the band’s boom was short-lived.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, that peace is short-lived.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the tourism boom was short-lived.
    — New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • But that surge is to be short-lived.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This cold snap looks to be short-lived.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That lead would prove to be short-lived.
    — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This time was short-lived, Tarango said.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
  • But the relief was short-lived.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But the eruptive spike is short-lived.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But its success was short-lived.
    — Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But safety there was short-lived.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The downturn could be short-lived.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But the relief was short-lived.
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • But the moment of peace was short-lived.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But the breakthrough was short-lived.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But the grass-roots vengeance was short-lived, and met with more killings.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Monday’s bounce looks to have been short-lived.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The party, though, was short-lived.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • His mischievous-urchin phase was short-lived.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Who knows if this will last or be short-lived — only time will tell.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere,jeff Marks,paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But Mayo’s tenure was short-lived.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But his stay in Denver proved to be short-lived.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026

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