The phrase "argued shortly" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used to indicate that a point was made briefly or concisely during a discussion or debate.
Example: "During the meeting, she argued shortly that the proposal would benefit the entire team."
Alternatives: "briefly argued" or "made a concise argument".
Another defense lawyer, Joseph Hayden, said that he had argued shortly after Mr. Williams's arrest in February 2002 that the shooting was a tragedy and not a crime.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. did not vote in the case, which was argued shortly before he joined the court in January.
Thérèse Delpech, a distinguished French nuclear strategist, argued shortly before her death in 2012 that the West's adversaries were already deploying a range of asymmetric tactics to offset their conventional military disadvantage; it would be wrong to assume that nuclear weapons might not find a place in that range.
Lewis argued shortly thereafter that Beauty's probability upon awakening should remain at 1/2 (Lewis 2001), and additional arguments have followed on both sides.
The Kowtnas began arguing shortly after 8 a.m.
Mr. Du was sitting in the passenger seat and his son was in the driver's seat when they began arguing shortly after 6 p.m., witnesses said.
Around £37m of the public money has already been spent by the Garden Bridge Trust, prompting Khan to argue shortly after his election in May that it would cost more to cancel than to proceed.
Ms. de Palacio has argued since shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks that the flag-carrier concept had to be abandoned, and she amplified her argument in a recent interview.
Gamal Mubarak "has been the leading voice in favour of change within the government and the ruling party," argued Lord Peter Mandelson shortly before Egyptians successfully ousted the elder Mubarak and exposed the son's corrupt, U.S.-assisted dealings.
The complaint charges that the Fox Island Electric Cooperative, the local utility, and Fox Island Wind, the developer of the wind installation which is owned by the utility, have engaged in repeated harassment of the homeowners, who have argued since shortly after the turbines came online in late 2009 that the machines have been in violation of state noise ordinances.
Palast argues that, shortly after 9/11, neoconservatives produced a blueprint for privatizing the Iraqi economy and turning it over to U.S. corporations that were Republican political contributors.
