But cold fear was Dawson's for only a brief instant.
He did sight the two other carriers for a brief instant--and sort of wished he hadn't.
For a brief instant or two he heard nothing but the hum of the set warming up, and a little blast of static.
Freddy Farmer blinked and a blank expression spread over his face, but only for a brief instant.
The English youth blinked, looked puzzled for a brief instant, then lifted his eyes and fixed them on the cloud bank.
Things flew off in all directions for a brief instant, and then there was clear air and sunshine ahead, and Dave was hauling the plane up over the blue surface of the Caribbean.
For a brief instant he peered down into the sea some thirty feet below him, taking mental measurement of the distance, figuring just how near he would come to hitting the dinghy were he to let himself go.
For a brief instant, projectile and boat rose into the air like two locomotives in a head-on collision.
The Battleship Boy wavered for a brief instant, seeking vainly to catch his balance; then he toppled over backwards into the sea.
No one would believe that he, a planter, had a hand in that, and for a brief instant he considered signaling Bess to return.
Hannibal's heart stood still for a brief instant, then it began to beat with terrific thumps against his ribs.
Amidst a miniature maelstrom the stern hung irresolute for a brief instant, with the red ensign still fluttering in the calm air.
The seaman hesitated only for a brief instant, then ignoring the levelled weapon, bent over his task.
The blank, inscrutable face lighted up with a seething inner flame for a brief instant, and the Jap's brown black eyes slid around to glance quickly at the array of maps.
Perhaps it actually was a sunbeam dancing back up at him, but for a brief instant he was certain he had seen four or five rapid flashes of light down on the surface of the water.
It shot off the end of the catapult arm, sank toward the water for a brief instant, then rose upward as the whirling prop bit into the air and produced flying speed.
Dave and Freddy squatted down, looked at each other for a brief instant, and then gave their attention to the two remaining Jap officers.
For a brief instant, as sharp grief and bitter despair ripped through Dawson like a two-edged knife, he almost lost the grip he had on himself.
Dawson hesitated a brief instant, saw the man's fingers on his gun tighten, and walked over and sat down in one of the chairs.
In the next couple of seconds it seemed as though everybody on the field carrying a flashlight froze stiff for a brief instant, and then turned the beam of his light toward that trundling Fortress.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brief instant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
