Sentence examples for briefing style from inspiring English sources

During the war in Afghanistan, Mr. Rumsfeld's briefing style and command of battlefield details won accolades.

Anyone who had first-hand experience of Campbell's vigorous briefing style when he was at No 10 will have been incredulous at his protestations.

Absolutely not!" Mr. Rumsfeld's briefing style can have the appearance of being more candid and less canned than the more cautious approaches of other administration officials when they are dealing with reporters.

His death is reported in the usual brief style by the annalists, except for the continuator of Bede in Northumbria, possibly relying upon a Dál Riata source, who wrote: Óengus, king of the Picts, died.

Here is a guide to some of the season's best and briefest styles.

In the so-called "news matrix", no story will be longer than 400 words, and most will be news-in-brief-style paragraphs.

"They get solitary confinement, they're psychologically damaged, and they're getting abused on the underwear front, too?" He went on to state the advantages of the boxers he was offering over the white boxer-brief-style underpants that, according to Stafford Smith, are standard issue at Guantánamo.

He presented Kiyash and I with a cogent argument as to why brief-style bathing suits are superior and why American men were silly for not wearing them.

Reluctant to engage in guerilla warfare by off-the-record briefing, the style practised by Brown and Blair for more than a decade, Darling just sat tight and tried to contain his resentment.

"Compared with Mr. Clement's brief, the style is wonkish and a bit stiff: after a while, even the most assiduous reader might find it tough going," he said of Mr. Verrilli's submission.

In what many may view as an unorthodox choice, we've decided to award hero status to Lucas van Praag, Goldman Sachs's chief spokesman, for handling a difficult brief with style.