Sentence examples for like the brief from inspiring English sources

(Even through 2012's odd moments, like the brief Herman Cain spike, Mitt Romney's numbers never fell so implausibly low).

And yet, as they walk home, through the sharp and snowy air, they do seem happier, like the brief beneficiaries of a miracle.

He hopes that "the twentieth-century fling with suburban living will look, just like the brief age of the industrial city, more like an aberration than a trend".

Autobiography is close to the surface in songs like the brief, jazzy "Quick," which she sings with zigzag syncopations over just bass and drums, darting among anger, incredulity and pain.

Glenn Brown, director for promoted content and partnerships at one social medium, Twitter, described how marketers associating themselves with live sports events ought to be "ready for the unexpected" like the brief blackout during Super Bowl XLVII.

It is also a reminder, though, that there are few sporting occasions which grab the emotions quite like the brief, concentrated intensity of a once-in-a-lifetime horse race.

I liked the brief glimpse of Gina McKee's Jackie Laverty when Denton was considering her Mis Pers.

I liked the brief eye-meet between Tyrion and Shae after she'd surreptitiously checked the sheets and found them blood-free.

On his review of Spoken For, Russ Breimeier commented that "I particularly liked the brief "Word of God Speak," which simply reminds us that prayer and worship aren't about flowery orations.

Reception of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was borderline catastrophic; but one sequence people did seem to like was the brief intros for other characters – such as Aquaman, the Flash and Cyborg – who'd doubtless get a little more airtime further down the line.

Duckham told me that one tester, a tugboat captain, liked the briefs so much that he had asked to take his home.