briefly
Example Sentences
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When “Digger” briefly strikes this resonant note, its warring aspects begin to coalesce, before Iñárritu strikes them with a shovel and breaks everything up again.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Just missed Q3 and then made a sensational start in the wet conditions, gaining seven positions and briefly running fourth before eventually bringing his Racing Bulls home in seventh.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Despite the change in venue, some things are universal in Nigeria, whose creaking grid is as infamous as Lagos traffic: as the models prepped backstage Friday, the power briefly cut out.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
A weak U.S. jobs report did what bad news hadn’t done in a while: It made U.S. debt look like a safe haven again — albeit briefly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The mother looked down at the road, remembering something that seemed to briefly unsettle her.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
