briefness
Example Sentences
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The briefness of the January burn was attributed to the hydraulic system associated with one of the engines; that system apparently exceeded conservatively preset limits in one parameter, triggering a shutdown, investigators determined.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2021
The briefness of female fertility is, she chips in sympathetically, “a bummer. It’s just a real, real pickle.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2018
Perhaps the briefness of the elf’s presence—most parents bring it out sometime after Thanksgiving—keeps it from conditioning children to tolerate, even expect, constant surveillance.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2011
Around the English game – or among English commentators – there were more subtle ruminations about Flintoff's commercial obsessions, his political power in the dressing room and the briefness of his glory years.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2010
We were speaking of those friends of a day whom accident sometimes gives us and whom the very briefness of the emotion impresses deeply on our heart.
From The Choice of Life by Georgette Leblanc
