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Sentences starting with brief

Brief letters to Redpath of this time have an interest and even a humor of their own. [5]
Brief note, mailed at a way-station. [5]

Sentences ending with brief

His life, which yesterday had appeared so immeasurably long, now seemed brief, pitifully brief. [10]
Witness after witness was called by the state, and questioned at length; but the cross questioning was brief. [5]
But his enjoyment was brief. [5]
Even her letters to her friend are scarce and brief. [14]
The perceptions of the banker were as keen, and his sense of security was brief. [9]
During the remainder of our conference I will silence it, and can therefore be brief. [10]
The first chronicles of disaster were usually brief! [11]
At the risk of being picked to pieces by the corporation lawyers who may read these pages, we shall attempt to state the situation and with all modesty and impartiality--for we, at least, hold no brief. [9]
I must be more brief. [10]
No, it was likely to be easy and brief. [5]

Short sentences using brief

It is very brief. [12]
There was a brief silence. [9]
A brief silence. [9]
That in brief. [11]
It was brief. [11]
Be brief. [10]

Sentences containing brief two or more times

It is a thing which could hardly exist in the practical North; would certainly last but a very brief time; as brief a time as it would last in London. [5]

More example sentences with the word brief in them

He thought the young gentleman could hardly find time for such a meeting during his brief visit. [6]
I will tell you the brief tale of two lives. [11]
I can give you only a brief abstract of my own opinions on this delicate and difficult subject. [6]
In brief, sir, you are the kind of lad I should have been had not fate pushed me into a corner, and made me squirm for life's luxuries. [9]
She thought it would restore her peace of mind forever if she could succeed in speaking to him for even one brief moment and telling him what a transformation his guilt had wrought in her ardent love and her whole nature. [10]
In brief, earnest words he confessed his love for her, and his desire to make her his own, as the pride and ornament of his house. [10]
After these farewell words Frau Maria's features became painfully distorted, the lids drooped over her eyes, there was a brief struggle, then a slight gesture from the physician announced to the weeping group that her earthly pilgrimage was over. [10]
The questions which, without heeding his companion, she now with crimson cheeks poured upon Don Luis as if fairly frantic, he answered in brief, businesslike words. [10]
The brief questions with which he received the blind artist were kindly, and as natural as though addressing an equal, and every remark made in connection with Hermon's answers revealed a very quick and keen intellect. [10]
To have dealing with the devil--well, that would send her to the stake in brief order, and that was the deliberate end and aim of this trial. [5]
Her eyes sparkled with joy, and her features wore an expression of compassion only at brief intervals, when the youth spoke of the greatest sufferings which he had borne with his uncle. [10]
He contented himself with a brief statement of the case. [5]
In brief, I wish you the recovery of your health, Pellican, and you a joyous life of happiness and honor, my worthy comrade. [10]
Mr. Motley's successor will find his mission wonderfully facilitated by the firmness and discretion that have presided over the conduct of American affairs in this country during too brief a term, too suddenly and unaccountably concluded. [6]
In it you will find a brief argument in favor of conventions--and although I wrote it myself I will say to you that it is conclusive upon the point and can not be reasonably answered. [7]
A brief summary will be sufficient to recall to the reader's mind the more salient points in this work. [1]
It is they who have eaten up the $14,000 I left with you in such a brief time, no doubt. [5]
The new scene which would result from this change had been conjured before the Queen's mental vision with marvellous celerity, and she described it in brief, vivid language to the architect. [10]
Serious questions to which she had never given a thought had been brought before her; and yet, in this brief period of anxiety she had gained the precious sense of youthfulness and of capacity for action when she had to depend on herself. [10]
Time passes swiftly when thoughts are cheerful, or are only tinged with the soft melancholy of a brief separation. [11]
I feel grateful when I can permit our poets to adorn my leisure for a brief space. [10]
Nothing can cloud what these brief moments have bestowed. [10]
When I contrast what I have achieved in my measurably brief life with what he has achieved in his possibly briefer one, the effect is to sweep utterly away the ten-story edifice of my own self-appreciation and leave nothing behind but the cellar. [5]
Some households there were, indeed, which maintained a precarious though seemingly miraculous footing on the surface, or near it, going under for mere brief periods, only to rise again and flaunt men-servants in the face of Providence. [9]
The services here were very brief, and the casket was soon lowered to its final resting-place. [6]
Its precipitous sides were powdered over with snow, and the upper half hidden in thick clouds which now and then dissolved to cobweb films and gave brief glimpses of the imposing tower as through a veil. [5]
But their prayers were brief, for the tumult came nearer and nearer; Apollodorus wrung his hands, and struck his fist against his forehead; his movements were violent--spasmodic. [10]
Our parting words were as brief as, of necessity, they had been on our journey through the mountains, for the ladies had ridden the horses which we had sent over for ourselves from Viking, and we men walked in front. [11]
In fact, Joan went but little into detail herself, usually merely saying, "That is not true--passez outre"; or, "I have answered that before--let the clerk read it in his record," or saying some other brief thing. [5]
I think that we may fairly claim a superiority in our journals over the English dailies in our habit of making brief, pointed editorial paragraphs. [4]
His sole wish was to forget his misery, though but for a brief time. [10]
Long afterwards I was hunting out a paper of Dumeril's in an old journal,--the "Magazin Encyclopedique" for l'an troisieme, (1795,) when I stumbled upon a brief article on the vibrations of the spire of Strasburg Cathedral. [6]
My whole nature was filled with the longing to utilize and enjoy this brief earthly life which Feuerbach had proved was to end with death. [10]
The young beauty was by no means content with a brief greeting; but drew Helena entirely away from him. [10]
The judge's charge was brief, and, if anything, a little in favour of the prisoner--very little, a casuist's little; and the jury filed out of the room. [11]
Therefore, the artist was assured by his military companion, Philadelphus could let the campaign take its course, and permit himself the brief period of rest in this strangely chosen place, which the leeches had advised. [10]
She heard the warning voice of her companion, she saw the crowd staring at her, she had, no doubt, a brief struggle with her maidenly shyness, but she carried out her purpose. [10]
The Secretary of War will suspend the order of General Hunter mentioned within, until further order and direct him to send to the Department a brief report of what is known against each one proposed to be dealt with. [7]
Towards morning Margot waked out of a brief sleep, and found the Cure and his sister and others about her bed. [11]
After a brief waiting Krool entered the room with irritating deliberation and closed the door behind him. [11]
Very unlike Barine's voice, too, were the deep, earnest tones trembling with emotion, in which she confronted him with the brief question, concealing a faint reproach, "Another demand? [10]
These brief, precious visits were the chief interests of his long days. [5]
In her brief visit to Dion's couch she had not learned how he bore his own misfortunes and Barine's, what view he took of the future, or what he expected from the woman he loved. [10]
I shall be very brief in my citations. [3]
Vouchsafe then to Verus a brief space of happiness before the horrible end you foresee for him. [10]
It was not unexpected, yet his brief report fell heavily on the heart of Els, which had just ventured to beat gaily and lightly. [10]
I made but two brief visits to the British Museum, and I can easily instruct my reader so that he will have no difficulty, if he will follow my teaching, in learning how not to see it. [6]
In brief, the Truro Railroad found itself very advantageously placed, as Mr. Worthington and Mr. Flint had foreseen. [9]
To climb a tree and shake it, to club it, to strip it of its fruit, and pass to the next, is the sport of a brief time. [4]
I would always treat any given young person passing through the meteoric showers which rain down on the brief period of adolescence with great tenderness. [6]
Rainy Saturdays, all too brief, Honora had passed there, when the big dolls' house in the playroom became the scene of domestic dramas which Edith rehearsed after she went to bed, although Mary took them more calmly. [9]
Miles Hendon and Tom Canty were favourites of the King, all through his brief reign, and his sincere mourners when he died. [5]
You owe it to yourselves and to the situation to be brief, and, if I may say so, you owe it to me. [11]
This impartial testimony to the superior qualities of the establishment and its head attracted a number of applicants for admission, and a couple of new boarders made a brief appearance at the table. [6]
He can take to the philosophic meerschaum, and nicotine himself at brief intervals into a kind of buzzing and blurry insensibility, until he begins to "color" at last like the bowl of his own pipe, and even his mind gets the tobacco flavor. [6]
He had something to tell their uncle, and the communication appeared to permit no delay, for with a haste very unusual in the deliberate old gentleman he left the two sisters with a brief farewell. [10]
It is necessary to show in a brief glance what had been going on in Europe during the latter part of that century, the first quarter of which had been made illustrious in the history of medical science by the discovery of the circulation. [3]
When he tried to rouse him and spur him to greater energy his favorite would look at him beseechingly, and though he made every effort to be of use to him and to show him a cheerful countenance it was always with but brief success. [10]
A brief admonition to renounce her earthly love in order to share the divine one whose rich joys he hoped to taste that very day was the farewell greeting he vouchsafed Eva. [10]
I look forward to next summer with the confident intention that she shall, if possible, make at least a brief sojourn at the sea-side. [14]
Its business is to live a brief chicken life, lay, and be eaten. [4]
She never sought to know whence the man came; it was sufficient to know whither he had gone, and that he had been hers for a brief dream of life. [11]
Jack's brief notes to her were therefore, as usual, indefinite, but with the hint that he was beginning to see a way out of his embarrassment. [4]
However, he came to her in every pause to exchange at least a few brief words and a glance. [10]
I had threatened to go to her, and more than once I started packing.... Three days later I received a brief note in which she managed to convey to me, though tenderly and compassionately, that her decision was unalterable. [9]
The Sellerses were to go to England with their new allies for a brief visit, but when it was time to take the train from Washington, the colonel was missing. [5]
He was glad to find her in the possession of such treasures, but his time was limited, and he must, unfortunately, content himself with this last brief meeting. [10]
It is important to catch this brief glimpse of the man for whom this masterpiece was written, for without it one can not fully understand the spirit in which 1601 was written, or the keen enjoyment which Mark and "Joe" derived from it. [5]
She supposed him to be unconscious, but the refreshing water had already dispelled the brief swoon, and he felt the caress with a thrill of rapture. [10]
This mention led to a friendly correspondence between the writer and one of the professors in the theological school at Andover, and finally to the publication of a brief essay, which, for some reason, had been withheld from publication for more than a century. [6]
There was no time to say more, and the brief talk ended at that point. [5]
In that brief time these serfs have set themselves free essentially. [5]
In brief, the time is fast approaching, I think, when 'Thorough' should be written on all our banners. [6]
In the brief time in which he had seen her and this other man, Austen's quickened perceptions had detected tacit understanding, community of interest, a habit of thought and manner,--in short, a common language, unknown to him, between the two. [9]
Only a brief time for consideration remained; for, even as she bowed her head on the bosom of her friend, the "introducer" entered the room, crying, "Her illustrious Majesty will expect those whom she summoned in a few minutes! [10]
There ran swiftly through the young man's brain the brief story that Pretty Pierre had told him. [11]
Heinz Schorlin gazed thoughtfully after him a short time, then beckoned to Biberli and, though the interval required for him to reach his master's side was very brief, it was sufficient for the bold young lover, tortured by his ardent longing, to form another idea. [10]
To enjoy it, though but for a brief season, she ought not to refuse to bear the hardest, most terrible things, and, if what was now her secret became rumoured among the people, to accept humiliation, shame, and scorn. [10]
On his way thither, feeling a certain faintness, he turned aside into a small house whose occupants he knew, and asked to sit down for a brief rest, and then, as the faintness increased, to lie undisturbed on the lounge for a few minutes. [4]
Like this--just like this--was every earthly pleasure, every joy of this brief existence. [10]
The last came this very morning, in the shape of a neat and brief poem, from New Orleans. [6]
Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty. [7]
I am to this day profiting somewhat by that experience; for in that brief, sharp schooling, I got personally and familiarly acquainted with about all the different types of human nature that are to be found in fiction, biography, or history. [5]
In one of these is a brief reference to the above-quoted incident. [4]
By and by there was one which contained a single line: "Court now coming in after brief recess to hear verdict. [5]
True, they allowed themselves only brief intervals of rest, but they were long enough to show her how the sufferer's strength was failing. [10]
Any information from their ranks to him was regarded as treachery; and, besides, his stay in Tennis could be but brief, as the King, on account of the impending war, had summoned him back to the capital. [10]
To be brief, the way you greeted me yesterday awakened strange thoughts. [10]
I will close the subject with a brief examination of some of the statements made in Homoeopathic works, and more particularly in the brilliant Manifesto of the "Examiner," before referred to. [3]
In looking over the reviews of the time, I have found little beyond brief occasional notices of their pretensions; the columns of these journals being occupied with subjects of more permanent interest. [6]
He who prayed the prayer of all mankind Summed in those few brief words the mightiest plea For erring souls before the courts of heaven, Save us from being tempted,--lest we fall! [6]
He carefully held the lantern, and, as its flickering light fell for brief moments upon the artist's face, the lad of thirteen or fourteen asked if he was Hermon of Alexandria. [10]
Mr. Conway gives the following brief account of his labors, and tells in the same connection a story of Father Taylor too good not to be repeated:-- "Emerson took an active interest in the public affairs of Boston. [6]
It was scarcely the daughter of Archias who had detained Hermon, for he made only a brief answer--Ledscha could not hear what it was--when she accosted him pleasantly, to devote himself to Althea, and--this could be perceived even at a distance--thank her with ardent devotion. [10]
A brief explanation, the cry, "Oh, you are the man who was hurt! [10]
That part of the brief never got before Congress, nor has Congress ever yet had a hint of forgery existing among the Fisher papers. [5]
She took up the brief letter and read it again. [4]
In spite of the brief duration of their love bond, she had been clearer to him than all the rest--clearer even than the woman to whom the sacrament of marriage afterward united him. [10]
And I think that the Great Idea, great as it was, would have enjoyed but a brief activity, and would then have gone to sleep again for some more centuries, but for the perpetuating impulse it got from that organized and tremendous force. [5]
Only the fact that she was convinced that Hilary was in real danger made her relate, in a few brief words, what had occurred, and when she had finished Mr. Vane made no comment whatever. [9]

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