Sentence examples for if brief from inspiring English sources

Such moments are welcome, if brief.

The game took a well-deserved, if brief, breather.

By all accounts it was a friendly, if brief, encounter.

We marvel at how powerful (if brief) our spell of madness was for this particular person.

He has some useful, if brief, discussions of portfolio theory and the importance of diversification.

The youth hostel has afforded him a few romances, if brief.

An undeniable, if brief, smile sneaked onto Ivan Lendl's face as the end drew near on Sunday.

They threw us out, and there was an order: 'Liquidate them with silencers.' That was an unpleasant, if brief, moment.

Gelmini not only has no past in show business; she actually has significant, if brief, experience in politics.

And who didn't love Kate Moss' (naturally) fabulous, if brief, appearance via the cover of Vogue and Dennis' daydream?

Some now regard this as an admirable, if brief, interlude of statehood for the much put-upon Slovak nation.