This defeat was looked upon by the Spanish as a temporary situation.

"I know you're not pleased that I'm working longer hours, but it's a temporary situation."

We were thinking more along the lines of a temporary situation.

We can't leave people living in temporary situations for so long.

But I believe coming down to sixth in the world was a temporary situation.

I think my mother thought it was only going to be a temporary situation until she could find someplace else to go.

This is a temporary situation, and nothing to worry about.

Are the behaviors a continuous problem or a response to a temporary situation?

It has remained closed, and rail officials are not saying when the "temporary" situation might end.

Generally, it implies an action rather than a state, and an ongoing, often temporary situation.