temporary state

Even this retrenching is seen as a temporary state of affairs.

They have been put in a temporary state of suspended animation.

He was in a temporary state of denial that his day job is pitching.

His child's mind had seen death as a temporary state.

It is a temporary state within the spirit world.

Because if this is a temporary state, I want to make the most of it.

"To stop the fighting, we are ready to join the Taliban in a temporary state with a neutral head," he said.

Standing by your man is sometimes a temporary state.

Sleep is a temporary state which we awake from.