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Example sentences for "brief address"

  • General Warner made a brief address to his former constituents, and the meeting then adjourned.

  • General Ewing, after the dinner had received ample attention, called the company to order and made a brief address, which was repeatedly applauded.

  • Mr. Cowden, the president of the fair, introduced Foster and he made a brief address.

  • Major Chamberlain delivered a brief address of welcome, in which he referred to the "martial services of General Sherman and the pacific achievements of the Senator," and drew a comparison highly complimentary to both of the brothers.

  • An unexpected pleasure was a brief address by Dr.

  • We called on the President and the resolutions were presented by Mr. Tucker; Mr. Carnegie and I each made a few remarks, which the President in turn answered with a brief address.

  • His Majesty replied in a brief address, expressing his pleasure in receiving me.

  • According to custom I handed him the letters of recall of my predecessor, then presented my credentials, and made a brief address, a copy of which in writing I left with him.

  • Vice-President Fairbanks opened the proceedings with an appropriate address, whereupon Vice-President-elect Sherman was sworn in and made a brief address.

  • Being asked for a brief address, he spoke very readily, with a frank, honest face, and in a genial, offhand manner.

  • Being called on to speak, she made a brief address in the course of which she alluded to her Southern descent, and to General Francis Marion, her great-great-uncle.

  • A priest made a brief address in Spanish, praising the day and complimenting the President.

  • Mayor Pool welcomed and introduced the President in a brief address.

  • General Powell, in a brief address, touchingly referred to the perils and hardships they had survived.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brief address; brief description; brief instant; brief note; brief notice; brief outline; brief period; brief reference; brief silence; brief speech; brief statement; brief survey; brief time; brief while; charge them; city marshal; dead faint; four shillings; general symptoms; give another; large tracts; later chapter; might also; past nine; sold them; three days