"He mentioned it," right guard Brandon Moore said, allowing a brief smile as he expressed an understatement.
But as he talked about finally returning to the Mets, he flashed a brief smile.
In conversation, he adopts a no-nonsense mien, occasionally allowing himself a brief smile.
A brief smile softened the features of the patient's tired, well-lined face.
A cheer went up as Mickelson made his final birdie, and Woods turned and offered a brief smile.
"I felt as if someone had died that night," said Vapsva, flashing a brief smile that sailed wide left.
There were a few whispered asides before the inquisition began, a chuckle and the flash of a brief smile from Iniesta.
Economists who study it reckon that once someone earns more than $20,000 a year, extra money brings little more than a brief smile (this is called "hedonic adaptation").
Hungarian volunteers brought a brief smile to the faces of refugee children stuck at Budapest's main railway station last night, putting on an outdoor screening of "Tom and Jerry".
