Sentence examples for a quick affair from inspiring English sources

On his next trip to the watering hole, he may think that a quick affair will alleviate the anxiety.

The designation was not a quick affair: the first vote to protect the area's buildings was tabled for 20 years amid disagreement among homeowners and elected officials.

The killing, which I dreaded, is a quick affair: one blow to the head, one stab near the gills with a giant knife.

Breakfast is a quick affair this morning, as the plan is to move back to Bermel, where a proper breakfast should still be waiting in the Dining Facility.

Breakfast, admittedly, is a quick affair, often consisting of little more than a single espresso (though attitudes are changing to include fruit and yoghurt).

In the hotel where he's staying only overnight, he meets another woman, named Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh), a customer-service representative who is in town to hear him speak, and he strikes up a quick friendship — and a quick affair — with his star-struck fan.

Sex with your long-term partner generally doesn't involve cliffhangers, unless it's "will we fall asleep before anyone has an orgasm?" whereas glossy drama raises viewers to the highest peaks of anticipation and arousal and keeps them awake till 4am, as a quick liaison with The Affair turns into a feverish all-nighter.

So it is no surprise that the company's annual meeting last month was a spartan, quick affair in an employee cafeteria at a cracker-and-chip plant adjoining the headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

Maria says she and her fiancé were both patted down on the night of the shooting, but adds that it was a loose and quick affair that would have been easy enough to sneak something through.

I thought my first visit would be a quick, clean affair.

But milking 200 to 300 ewes is no quick affair, and we arrived in time to see sheep rotating through the milking parlor in groups of 48.