Sentence examples for brief when from inspiring English sources

There must be even a moment, however brief, when you cease to be.

It was upgraded to loud, but brief, when Pitino was introduced after his starters.

Schlieker said she deliberately did not give the artists a brief when commissioning them.

Mr. Giuliani, who once considered becoming a priest, was brief when asked in Nashua about the archbishop's statement.

So committed is he to the economic benefits of devolution that he argued to keep his cities brief when reshuffled into the Treasury three years ago.

They continue to have questions about several areas of their roster, but Manager Terry Collins was brief when asked about how some positional battles were proceeding.

It seems impossibly distant, but there was a time, however brief, when a Madonna movie was something to be savored, rather than a cause for alarm.

Steve Tompkins had an unusual brief when designing the new Everyman theatre in Liverpool, which reopens this week after a £28m rebuild.

Unfortunately, this C.I.A. chief was not in office during "The Pelican Brief," when the C.I.A. was hard put to track down the bad guys.

But the brief when Pellegrini arrived was to advance and improve the team in Europe, and he is doggedly sticking to it.

While the two naked dancers are performing a rigorously choreographed piece, each rollerskater has a more relaxed brief when it is their turn to weave around the space.