Sentence examples for brief but not from inspiring English sources

Her statement was brief, but not frustratingly so: it pretty much said it all.

I suspect David Cameron has it more or less right: neither flabby nor bone-crushing, brief but not rudely curt.

But it may be a handicap that Heath is a forceful arguer of a good brief but not much of an orator.

Aniston fans be warned, though: this is sex in sweatpants, carefully positioned, a brief but not complete relief from agony, and from her persistent bitching.

I keep the conversations with family pretty brief, but not brief enough to stop me from losing my train of thought.

In contrast to the spectacle surrounding her farewell, Curry's interaction with her colleague was both tear-free and mercifully brief, but not entirely without tension.

Ross McNutt, the founder of Persistent Surveillance, which owns and operates the technology, said that his company had provided the police with 102 "investigation briefs" but not all of those led to arrest.

Meanwhile, the Defense Department will say only that Carter was aware of the briefing but not of its content.

We considered observations (applications) to be independent across groups (commissioning briefs) but not necessarily within groups (as applications within groups were all in response to the same commissioning brief and in competition with each other).

Many HCPs engaged in, or initiated, brief knotworking but not all brief knotworking interactions resulted in IP care.

The Romney campaign went after Mr. Gingrich once before, in Iowa, when Mr. Gingrich experienced a brief surge, but not so aggressively.