briefly

Example Sentences

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The officer charged in that incident briefly paused before joining a crowd of other officers who pulled the two apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Some have even highlighted that a briefly malfunctioning space toilet cost about $23 million.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Trump, who briefly spent time Sunday visiting his golf club outside Washington, D.C., also posted cryptically to his social media feed: “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

We made a memecoin from $40 of leftover crypto that briefly reached a market cap of $2 million.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2026

That’s because it was at the start of the summit and he was only going to talk briefly.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti