The speckled chicken surreptitiously introduced under the yellow hen's hovering wings, enjoyed the briefest possible period of maternal protection.
The silence that followed was of the briefest possible duration.
We have thus, in the briefest possible manner, sketched out how some of the chief sculpturing forces operate to form mountains.
All that it has been possible to do in the present chapter is to indicate in briefest terms some of the characteristic charms of the principal regions, known incompletely to the present writer, and by him but feebly grasped.
She allowed her eyes to rest fully on young Fitzooth's ardent glance for the briefest moment.
Master Monceux looked furiously at this archer who had taken the prize with only the briefest word of thanks to him: and would have spoken, had not his daughter, with chilling gesture, forbidden it.
The Council tendered their resignation, and declared they would only officiate till their replacement by the electors, to be convoked with the briefest delay.
First a bill convoking with the briefestdelay the elections of Paris, then another granting to the National Guard the election of its chiefs.
My time will not allow me to expand these thoughts as I would have done; let me put them in the briefest outline.
Such, in briefest words, are the lessons of the miracle as a fact, but before I close I must remind you that it is to be looked at not only as a fact, but as a prophecy and as a parable.
For the many months of his absence abroad he had contented himself with sending her occasional newspapers, the briefest of notes, and illustrated magazines.
The taste of pleasure was of the briefest to him; it turned to bitterness in a moment.
Yet in this place, nothing beyond the briefest summary is permissible.
To discuss the validity of the claims made in favour of or against the recognition of certain individual types will be impossible, save in the very briefest form.
But let me suggest, in the briefest way, one or two of them.
I have already touched upon that; let me, in the briefest possible way, recapitulate.
The message she took with reverent gentleness; but her passionate interest was for the nature upon which it travelled, and never for the briefest instant did she confuse these emotions.
However, the bell began to ring with the briefest intermissions, the maid in the cap to make constant journeys.
You know that you have but the briefest moment, the tiniest fraction of time, to hold the white bead of your rifle motionless and to press the trigger.
Then the familiar noises of a summer night became audible for the briefest instant,--a horse sneezed, an owl hooted, the wild call of birds came down the wind.
The casting was against the current, so your flies could rest but the briefest possible moment on the surface of the stream.
We shall confine {28} ourselves to pointing out in thebriefest possible manner some of the passages which are persistent in their variations or recall similar passages in the Memoirs of Justin.
The small dictionaries give only the briefest definitions, without illustration, and therefore should be interpreted with caution.
In this busy, bustling age it is required that the information which books contain shall be ready to hand and presented in the clearest and briefest manner possible.
And so it was the briefest of interviews that took place between them in the big smoking room.
Accordingly, after thebriefest of intervals she found herself ushered into the office of an elderly gentleman who rose courteously to welcome her.
As the month of January gave place to the briefest of his brothers, a temporary lull in hostilities appeared to have arrived.
The briefest reflection, however, upon the probabilities of the case, should have sufficed to suggest a totally different interpretation.
The leading idea has been to give only facts, and those in the briefest form, and to exclude opinions.
One example may be cited--the copious correspondence with Mrs. James which covers the period of every briefest separation; but extracts from this have been used only when other letters failed.
For nine years he had allowed himself only the briefest interruptions of work, and by 1892 he was in a badly fatigued condition.
And I'm determined to mourn only the briefest time possible.
Summary arrest, thebriefest trial, and a sharp sentence peremptorily executed, in the shape of four dozen, was the certain treatment of all who offended against martial law.
Hyde, following these instructions, told his story in the briefest words.
He acknowledged her curtsey with the briefest nod.
Perhaps images created by the briefest of unadorned statements produce on the unwritten tablets of the child mind immediate and complete impressions.
He paused for a few moments, but neither Dora nor Heathcote spoke, and after the briefest silence he went on with his confession.
Heathcote sent in his name, and was at once admitted to the salon, where Dora came to him after the briefest delay.
So complete is his sympathy with the globe, so exactly does he know the true realm of light, that, on the following morning, he commits himself to the breeze without hesitation; the briefest consultation with himself suffices.
Did they but take the briefest holiday the plague would soon be the only inhabitant of the country.
For the briefest instant the doctor had caught his eye, and Jeff felt everything that he had planned to say crumble like dust around him.
Because the moment he had made a move toward them, the figures turned sharply toward him, and their nonsense voices had suddenly become clear for the briefest moment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "briefest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
