Sentence examples for brief holidays from inspiring English sources

Wrigley predicts that by 2025 shopping malls and leisure centres will have conceptually and geographically converged to become "leisure villages in which we take brief holidays".

The last time I saw Liu Xiaobo before he went to prison, we met at a teahouse on the north side of Beijing during one of his brief holidays from house arrest.

arm of Robert Ley's German Labor Front, and carried selected workers on brief holidays to such scenic destinations as the Norwegian fjords, the straits of Dover, and the islands of Madeira; it also brought back the German volunteers of the Legion Condor from the Spanish Civil War.

Which, if Wrigley's prophecy about the future of consumer behaviour turns out to be true, raises an interesting question: why, if "brief holidays" and other types of communal activities can take place in the out-of-town leisure villages, can't they take place in traditional high streets as well?

– People, often LGBTQ people, sometimes use dating apps to meet friends/dates for brief holidays, then forget to delete their profile afterwards.

Fantasy allows us a brief holiday in our more childish, amoral, uncontemplating selves.

After a (not so) brief holiday hiatus, the Book Club is back and eager to get those spines cracking.

The lines of posh Syrian cars outside Beirut restaurants last weekend – belonging to supporters of the regime taking a brief "holiday" from Syria – have suddenly vanished from the streets.

Six months ago, when he was experiencing severe side effects from his medication, he took a brief holiday from the drugs.

The Summer Games also arrive just as many in this soccer-mad nation are taking a brief holiday from an otherwise consuming game.

This double bill, back for a brief holiday run, consists of "Cinderella" and "The Tinderbox," presented in repertory by Frog and Peach Theater Company.