Sentence examples for been brief from inspiring English sources

The conversation had been brief.

So far, the downturns have been brief.

The above summary has, of necessity, been brief.

(Previous visits have been brief and highly limited in scope).

There have been brief moments when it returned to international prominence.

He was soon besotted, although their sexual relationship seems to have been brief.

Robertson's time in the sun has been brief and not inglorious.

He said the exchange of fire around the airport had been brief.

One official recalled that Mr. Ghul was "quite cooperative," saying that rough treatment, if any, would have been brief.

But at recent summits the interventions of Mr Schröder, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac have been brief.

The meeting was supposed to have been brief, but it stretched into more than an hour and a half.