Sentence examples for open briefly from inspiring English sources

Still, the government has sometimes let the firewall blocking Facebook and Twitter slip open briefly by mistake, and some Iranians cautioned that the opening on Monday, too, might be just a glitch.

Others said Israeli soldiers had permitted some stores to open briefly but they soon ran out of goods to sell.

The influx of these sodium ions through small channels (ion channels) that open briefly in the surface of the nerve membrane during excitation transports the impulse.

Inside the church, the speakers stood on a raised platform, above a coffin that was open briefly, accompanied by floral arrangements in the shape of a heart and a cross.

A hole in the machine -- which works much like a shutter of a standard camera -- is supposed to open briefly to create each image, emitting a burst of radiation from a supply of cobalt-60.

It is an old holiday-season custom of mayors to throw the mansion open briefly to a certain breed of New York lowlife commonly known as the press corps.

The rain hissed at the door and it opened briefly to admit a stamping, umbrellaless couple.

Inside, a cafe served theatergoers and opened briefly as a full-time business.

The beautifully detailed downstairs bar opened briefly, then closed to have a rethink.

Another volunteer clutches a small grey case that he opens briefly, giving a glimpse of a black revolver.

The door of the boxcar opened briefly on warm sunshine when a belated hobo climbed aboard, and rolled closed again.