Sentence examples for brief as it from inspiring English sources

This scene, brief as it was, typified how Gonzaga played through its first two contests in this tournament.

One of Gillilan's specialties was light verse, and a sympathetic reader will remark on how the poem, brief as it is, formally does what good light verse typically does: with its unlikely rhyme, it smoothes seeming clumsiness ("Had 'em") into antic dexterity.

IN HIS prime, brief as it was, Sandy Koufax, was unhittable.

The season for summer cherries is as brief as it is sweet.

He particularly cherishes his contact with Bollywood luminaries, brief as it may be.

Neither happened as the American advantage proved as brief as it was rare.

Five years ago Tony Blair was blocked from becoming president of the European council by Angela Merkel, so ears prick up when it is briefed, as it was last week by those close to Blair, that he had met Merkel in Berlin just as EU heads of government were carving up the post of European commission president and other baubles, including the council president position.

Check out Xbox's E3 Briefing as it happened here.

Hardware, software, excitable rhetoric and fluffy promises that'll almost certainly crystallise and shatter prior to their realisation: this was your Xbox briefing as it played out.

Hardware, software, excitable rhetoric, and fluffy promises that'll almost certainly crystallize and shatter prior to their realization: This was your Xbox briefing as it played out.

From there, to keep the history of the world as brief as possible, it is only a small step to package cruises and supermarkets stocking the full spectrum of exotic fruit.