Use "briefly" in a sentence

1. He briefly toyed with the idea of convening a council meeting but knew how contentious that could be if aluminum was flashing in the area

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2. faded back into her everyday clothes and the jewels sparkled once more, briefly,

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3. He looks John in the eyes briefly

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4. As soon as I have put the phone down, I call Stephen’s mobile and leave a message on his voice mail, summing up what the Inspector had told me as briefly as I can and telling him that Liz hasn’t come back from the house yet

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5. Yet again Marwan Tayeh, this briefly arcing flare, fell back to earth, spent and blackened

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6. I glimpsed a simulacrum of moon and sun briefly through a brown lattice fog when the cell door opened

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7. ’ Maureen said as they pause briefly at our table

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8. The pinprick flares from the Lancers’ engines centered themselves briefly in it

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9. I glance at the Element briefly by the glow of the lightstones … I’ve not looked at it properly since I retrieved it

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10. She blushed, but she kissed him back very briefly on the lips, and went inside

11. flaming briefly in the vastness of space

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12. She went over her ancient adventure briefly

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13. As for the kidnapper, that devious impresario, it is said that he appears briefly in cameo in every one of Archibald’s films, his pale head floating like a spectral balloon across a corner of some vast landscape, sneering and leering and mouthing the words, “I’ll get you back for this you old witch…I’ll be back…”

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14. With father gone, Kirk and Ruby grew up to be fit and healthy young people, living in the company of a number of long-lost uncles who visited the family home all too briefly, and never, ever seemed to be around on the day that Kirk and Ruby made stew for their mother

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15. For Miss Jones, however, the social breeze, which she had until now only briefly caught the coat tails of, turned into a full-blown tornado

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16. ‘Did I mention that I saw Karen briefly after I met up with you lunchtime and told her about your migraine?’

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17. The team visibly tensed as the sound of splintering wood briefly

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18. ‘I saw Jake briefly this afternoon, Jo – he wanted to know if he could come over on Saturday but I told him we’ve got a gig

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19. Their endeavors are reported briefly in the current

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20. appears briefly in cameo in every one of Archibald’s films, his pale

21. He grins at me briefly, then returns his gaze to the road ahead

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22. Helen looked up briefly from the game show that she was

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23. Realising that her daughter had briefly entered into a state of

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24. They had stopped only briefly at Sol, the outer Jovian stasis point had become a meeting ground for survivors of all the simulates of any creed

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25. Her curls were briefly silhouetted in front of lighter rock

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26. “We’d waved and chatted briefly a few times before that day, and not long after that, you disappeared

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27. wondered briefly whether he had dreamed what he had witnessed in

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28. Mickey looked up briefly as she sat down at the table then, scorn in his eye, turned to Sheila and muttered something inaudible from where Chrissie was sitting

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29. appeared, waved briefly at the driver, and then proceeded to push

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30. He briefly guided the new arrivals through the grounds, rattling

31. Briefly he considered passing something on to Chas’s family, and dismissed it as an absurd idea

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32. Ozzie roused Chrissie briefly making a noise as he prepared for bed

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33. one of the younger Guardians he had briefly met on his first return

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34. you, Matt,’ he stood and they briefly hugged

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35. The newcomers were briefly welcomed by a representative from

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36. A few gathered, glanced briefly, and whispered

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37. As he accepted the offered glass their hands briefly

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38. One would spit out a comment which would be picked up by one of the others and turned over briefly before the three of them subsided into an uneasy silence once more

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39. He paused only briefly at the money-changer’s tent to convert the

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40. She blushed lightly, briefly, but said nothing

41. ’ He paused, wondering briefly if he could get away without having to mention all the people who had been at the barracks

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42. Roman looked at it briefly, and then stared at his desk

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43. fast walk, turning to wave briefly at the two men

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44. Bram briefly retold the story where Tarm and the mufti-clad

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45. documents we’ve managed to unearth suggest that he was briefly

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46. He glanced at his wife briefly

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47. Kev, his face averted, described as briefly as possible how Ozzie had got Chas drunk and then let him loose on Chrissie

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48. A moment, an idyll, a place of worship, and in that moment he truly loves her, briefly and without question, and continues to do so until he recognises the sounds of the promised land for what they are; tyres on ribbed concrete, car doors slamming and leather soles on gravel

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49. It rang … briefly,

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50. Briefly, his eyes met Elizabeth’s and they shared a wry

51. looked at it briefly and lay his head back down

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52. and briefly consider his behaviour, the man began to realise

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53. Ken McCoist and Jock Cascarino, late of Barnstaple parish, formerly and briefly infamous for being run out of Glasgow city's nether regions by the Licensee, gaze out dumbly at a world fundamentally changed, and like dinosaurs grazing in the shadow of the comet, like the Romanov family in a cold country house parlour, they have no understanding of the revolution

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54. again, sending sparks flying about the room and briefly

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55. ' Unable to ignore the hint, Henri briefly

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56. We chat briefly, Sally telling me how well things are going and how much she is enjoying having Abi to stay

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57. He stopped very briefly for a late Duskmeal at a little bigger concentration of urban structure along the canal in the Sentinels

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58. Heather looked the flowers over briefly and sat the vase on the table next to

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59. Andrew briefly explained the scenario to his younger brother

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60. He took his attention off the door briefly to peek at his watch

61. What used to be the other players’ money, and what was briefly Mr

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62. opening her mouth then pausing briefly

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63. Briefly thumbing through each it seemed to Emma that the head of a large corporation must’ve helped

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64. pages briefly, uninterested in the names

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65. He thought briefly of the ship and something about reporting in

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66. before turning back briefly to address the Bailli

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67. She stopped only briefly by the tent, saw that they had caught the theirops and were about to gut it out

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68. briefly, depositing a thin layer of sand over the blood-soaked bodies

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69. That was another section, she’d over looked, and who was going to be helping Jim? She hesitated only briefly before deciding none of them were old enough to do it

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70. separate briefly during the evening—Heather to cheerleading and Roman to

71. ’ Jean hesitated briefly, before raising the courage to

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72. Briefly I'll try and explain the immigration booklet and I'll underline important information

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73. Briefly it appears that the United States gives preference to relatives of citizens of the United States, to wives and husbands, sons and daughters of people who are permanent resident aliens living in the United States

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74. Briefly, she included the new conversion idea, of Kit's to have all cars running on battery power charged by their free electricity by spring

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75. Roman looked at Coach in disbelief, but only briefly

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76. When they found his message they briefly suspected him of entering the channel, but forgot about that once they read it

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77. ” Carl left his seat briefly to talk

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78. ’ He was then asked to briefly recount the

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79. stopped briefly to watch the reaction of his witness, who

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80. Even the boys looked up - briefly

81. The window of opportunity opened—the battle separated briefly,

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82. ‘Echo wall,’ he explained briefly, then began to play

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83. We stopped briefly in the bar to

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84. He’d accosted us briefly when we were standing

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85. LeCynic felt briefly uneasy, unable to immediately detect the presence of his advisor

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86. the Inn where three other patrons eyed him briefly, before

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87. From one end of the hall to the other -- well over five hundred feet -- the multicolored windows filled the northern wall, their panes of color and pictures of heroes only briefly interrupted by pillars of polished marble stretching from the floor to the ceiling

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88. warm and dry – however briefly), when they were startled

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89. For a moment the One Elf paused to look at him, then briefly closing his eyelids over orbs of gray and white he renewed his descent down the pathway

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90. He briefly surveyed the rest of his surroundings, quickly realizing that he had managed to safely return to his cramped quarters above the Wayward Inn

91. He felt it but briefly, but even so, he nearly crumbled beneath it

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92. "Briefly, he's even more secretive than the others

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93. programs in defense of his call, and he only briefly mentioned

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94. Solo Ki hesitated only briefly before clasping the mage's hand

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95. This lane wound and twisted and a couple times it was a little tight getting thru, but after nearly half a mile, their driver stopped and spoke briefly with someone in the house at the very end of the street

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96. Briefly scanning the walls for signs of weakness, they continued on, Alec kept his curses to himself, gritting them between his teeth

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97. Janice spooned some sugar into the mug, stirred briefly and took it from her host

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98. grasped hands briefly and Rene greeted the stranger with

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99. Briefly, he turned to Nathalia, his eyes alighting on her wounds

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100. waited briefly until she was out of sight, then rushed into