Sentence examples for briefly accepted from inspiring English sources

Mocked and derided for, among other things, his threadbare coat, when Akakievich has a new one made he is briefly accepted before calamity befalls him.

In 1848 Brown briefly accepted Dante Gabriel Rossetti as a pupil, and in 1850 Brown contributed to the Pre-Raphaelites' magazine, Germ.

Their brother and successor, Kaloyan (reigned 1197 1207), briefly accepted the supremacy of Rome in church affairs and received a royal crown from the pope.

After he fell and broke his hip last year, he briefly accepted a home health aide, but he just took her to the park to listen to him play.

I briefly accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship at a liberal arts college, assuming I was ready for the lab again.

Gucci Mane did not rap, but he did briefly accept the microphone in order to make a request.

A few seconds later the music is cut short, they briefly accept the street icon award and Ad Rock says, "Well, this is awkward".

But they undermined their own guidelines last year by briefly accepting applications from the people outside, whether or not they had appointments.

Briefly accepting the Royal Philharmonic award from McDowell and disposing of it, he turns to the matter in hand: rearrangement of the musicians' seating – "Everyone forward two metres, please" – so as to project that much more forcefully.

As one of a number of journalists offered places on the torch relay by the organisers or sponsors – Lloyds, in my case – I paused briefly before accepting in the knowledge that it's not an opportunity likely to come around again on my own doorstep.

Odom, earning $11.4 million in a contract season, briefly huffed but accepted the role.