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Example sentences for "brief time"

  • In a brief time he and his two companions were walking up State Street and soon secured rooms for the night in their hotel.

  • In a brief time he returned with two sheets in his arms.

  • The big yacht was drifting steadily nearer the motor-boat and in a brief time it was possible for a rope to be cast.

  • The captain at once responded to the word of the man who had been speaking to Fred and in a brief time a rope was thrown on board the little motor-boat.

  • In others, yes, as long as it was he who controlled their behavior--and really, he should only have to live by those old standards himself for a brief time.

  • The only thing that helped Cortin's frustration at being kept out of the convent defense was saying Mass, and that only helped for the brief time it was going on.

  • There was nothing more she could do until the drug took effect, which according to the label should be quickly, but even a brief time should be enough to see who the observer was.

  • Samuel Clemens, miner, remained but a brief time in Carson City--only long enough to arrange for a new and more persistent venture.

  • He had been more than once photographed in his bed; but it was by those who had come and gone in a brief time, with little chance to study his natural attitudes.

  • In a brief time he had a fair knowledge of every-day German and a really surprising vocabulary.

  • After the steam-generator came a steam-pulley, a small affair, but powerful enough to relieve him of thirty-two thousand dollars in a brief time.

  • He believed, however, that he had reflected carefully concerning the Amazon, and that in a brief time he should be there at the head of an expedition, piling up untold wealth.

  • He was thoroughly familiar with the roads and streams, as the lieutenant had intimated, and in a brief time he had given him all the information he possessed.

  • The rain beat upon him and the darkness momentarily increased, but the wind was with him, and in a brief time he recognized the dim outlines of the tree.

  • The main body had advanced as far as Hopewell, as we have already learned in the course of this story, but there had halted for a brief time.

  • Only a brief time back, we were spending at the rate of only about one million dollars a year on long range ballistic missiles.

  • He was approaching the corner on which the old Meeker House stood and in a brief time would be within hailing distance.

  • In a brief time the Go Ahead boys gained the summit of the hill from which they were able to look down upon the marvelously beautiful valley before them.

  • Only a brief time, however, was required to disclose the cause of the trouble.

  • A brief time afterward he discovered a boy driving a cow not far away on the road.

  • Growth of Sunday School Class at Tremont Temple from Four to Six Hundred Members in a Brief Time.

  • In a brief time he returned and said simply, "No two of the men went together.

  • Zeke's word carried the day and in a brief time the Go Ahead Boys were busily engaged in packing the few belongings they planned to take with them on their expedition.

  • Not once did he glance behind him and in a brief time he stepped lightly over the rim of the Gulch and disappeared from the sight of the Go Ahead Boys.

  • A fire was kindled, although all the wood in the camp was required for the purpose and in a brief time he poured into the boiling water the remaining contents of a broken box of cereal.

  • A moment or two after Stanton had joined the young lady her escort for the evening had excused himself for a brief time, and had left the cousins together.

  • There was nothing, however, more to be done and in a brief time Mr. Button stepped into his skiff in which the man, who was to be his guide, was still seated.

  • The four boys glanced blankly at one another and for a brief time no one spoke.

  • Whatever the explanation may have been, in a brief time the Gadabout was seen approaching the bluff on which the sailor and the two boys now were standing.

  • In a brief time he swung the skiff alongside the Gadabout and without making any effort to board the boat the captain roared, "What are you doing on board there?

  • Noel glanced in the direction indicated by the negro and in a brief time he, too, was convinced that some men were approaching.

  • In a brief time he decided to abandon the attempt, in order not to reveal his exact hiding-place.

  • Dennis, speaking almost sadly, as he resumed his occupation and in a brief time succeeded in unbuttoning his jacket.

  • At all events, in a brief time he gained the shelter he was seeking, and at once, keeping well within the lee of the barn, peered anxiously at the place from which he had fled.

  • But as it was, she took both his hands in hers in welcoming him, and shook them with such energy that John was disconcerted for a brief time.

  • The form of Mr. Jarney stood in it for a brief time.

  • The volume of sweet notes would sometimes swell to a full-toned orchestra, and then for a brief time it would die away like the flow and ebb of the tides of a sea of melody.

  • Your attention is diverted for a brief time by a species of flower unknown to you.

  • But let us turn our attention for a brief time to some of Saratoga's deserving heroes.

  • There is darkness for a brief time then, as the lights come slowly on, they reveal an absolutely empty space where before were seen activity and plenty.

  • The log was placed upon the embers by old "Zac," and, in a brief time, the cheerful blaze from it was again warming the chilly temperature of the saloon.

  • For a brief time, I again returned to my father, who had been unwilling that I should rejoin Pinkerton.

  • In a brief time, however, the savage animals were aware of the threatening danger, and with incredible speed fled from the region.

  • At first he was unable to see what had awakened him, but in a brief time he saw a man approaching on horseback.

  • In a brief time he saw, plunging up the narrow defile, a wounded buffalo cow.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brief time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ask him; body weight; brief account; brief address; brief instant; brief interval; brief moment; brief notice; brief pause; brief period; brief reference; brief sketch; brief space; brief speech; brief statement; brief survey; brief visit; maintain themselves; nobody could; only apparent; opposite page; small stock; terrific speed; true and; what had taken place; wind instrument