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The phrase "a brief shower" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a short period of rain or a quick occurrence of precipitation.
Example: "The weather forecast predicts a brief shower in the afternoon, so don't forget your umbrella."
Alternatives: "a quick rain" or "a short downpour".
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A woman gave her shopping cart, loaded with bottles and cans, a brief shower.
Exhausted, I'd have a quick dinner around 2 a.m., a brief shower and then to bed.
There appears to have been a brief shower of sparks until the nose was lowered.
The only time their hands were completely untied was for a brief shower.
Playing through wind, rain and a brief shower of hail, Overton was at eight-under 136.
A week ago there was a day when the sky was blue, after a brief shower washed out the dust and smoke.
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The nuptial flight lasted for approximately two hours from noon to 14.00 h and was interrupted by a brief rain shower; after the rain shower (15.00 h), no activity could be detected at the marked nests.
Wickets after lunch … only a brief rain shower here.
Around 11, there was a brief cooling shower, then nary a drop as the parade rolled triumphantly on.
But the other work, "12 Feet on a Wooden Plane," from 2002, was like a brief April shower.
Meanwhile, a brief rain shower turned the plaza's tiles a deep red that remained well after the sun reappeared.
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