Sentence examples for it only briefly from inspiring English sources

Who can resist the opening scene of a wedding in which a cottonmouth "measuring the length of a Cadillac" falls from a live oak into the lap of the bride's future mother-in-law, then is brushed away with the observation that "it only briefly stopped the ceremony, this being Louisiana after all".

Regarding the extent to which the reviews paid attention to different control-group types when presenting conclusions, reviews received code (2) if they discussed this point and its implications and (1) if they mentioned it only briefly, otherwise they received (0).

We spoil it only briefly.

This criterion is so familiar that I shall mention it only briefly.

The railway, for instance, was built for a glamorous purpose it only briefly fulfilled.

He touches on it only briefly in his book, but the idea is provocative.

I remember feeling guilty and disappointed in myself for not taking it easy, but it was only briefly because my mind was focused on the pain and how to make it stop.

It wasn't a very long letter - the equivalent of about 920 words in English and it appeared only briefly on a Chinese website.

It would only briefly be found on C-SPAN.

Frequently attacked by the Crusaders, it was only briefly in their hands (1219 21; 1219 21).

"It was only briefly occupied," by the rebels, Colonel Bilkhair said.