Sentence examples for brief listen from inspiring English sources

Some of them, upon recognizing the lead vocalist, slipped off their gloves and took a photo; they huddled, shivering, for a brief listen, before retreating in search of warmth.

But it turns out that "promenaders" at the Albert Hall are only promenading in the perverse sense of choosing to stand up, not in the sense of stopping by for a brief listen on the way to somewhere else.

Even a brief listen indicates that Mr. Breuer and his buddies Jimmy Sciacca (known as Shaka), Larry Schneidmuller -- he grew up with them in Valley Stream -- and Pete Correale are all having a blast doing the Sirius show.

So we have to wait a week or so while the court reads the briefs, listens to oral arguments on Friday (let C-Span in!), deliberates and announces the decision that should end the suspense.

After another brief explanation ("Listen, things got a little too serious during our sad songs"), the seven-minute soliloquy ended by honoring a request (even though it already was on the set list) for John Prine's "Angel of Montgomery" from somebody who "yelled it out earlier, so I figured we better sing it," Williams joked.

It's brief enough to listen to as a complete piece, and is charming throughout.

Take the bike out for a brief ride and listen closely for any additional noise.

Before they had read briefs and listened to arguments, perhaps more of the justices solidly opposed recounts, said Eugene Volokh, a professor of constitutional law at the University of California at Los Angeles.

As we sat in the briefing room listening to the army chief of staff, Rafael Eitan, before starting our planes' engines, I recalled a conversation a week earlier when he'd asked us to voice any concerns about our mission.

This afternoon, visiting "stakeholders" from around the country will gather for a high-profile White House briefing and listening session, the first of a series planned around the country in the coming months.

Have a coffee maybe, take a brief walk and then listen to him a decade or so later, when all the experiences of middle age, all the consolations of time, disintegrate into unsettling fragments.