Sentence examples for briefly improved from inspiring English sources

Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts in the late 1980s to rein in alcohol consumption briefly improved life expectancy.

The only thing that briefly improved her behaviour was the threat of not being taken on the annual school trip.

As a result of that project, the national economy briefly improved, but it took a downturn in the early 1980s, causing some protests against the Stroessner regime.

Although the Palestinians spurned Israeli demands for a reciprocal cease-fire declaration, Israel's initiative, announced late on Tuesday, appeared to have at least briefly improved the situation on the ground.

In earlier studies, Gordon Shaw and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, showed that listening to a Mozart two-piano sonata briefly improved the spatial skills of college students.

She briefly improved, but fell ill again before leaving detention with Juárez on March 25.

The weather improved briefly on Saturday morning, but the deluge began again by evening.

The situation improved briefly after Mr Drogba's arrival, his eight goals in 11 games helping Shenhua avoid relegation.

Ties improved briefly, in 1990, when Damascus joined the American-led coalition against Saddam Hussein and took part in the Middle East peace conference in Madrid the following year.

Sweden improved briefly at the start of the second half and Grant McCann cleared an Ibrahimovic header off the line on 54 minutes.

Ms. Port sought help from a school counselor, which improved matters briefly, but the scorn and ridicule persisted.