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Example sentences for: brief

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President Clinton told us that when he pulled Musharraf aside for a brief, one-on-one meeting, he pleaded with the general for help regarding Bin Ladin."
After a brief respite in private life, Trudeau returned for what he felt was his crowning achievement, the Constitution Act of 1982, the consummation of Canada’s political identity.
Only The Nation 's Doug Ireland finds merit in Walsh's brief against the Reagan administration, calling the attorney "a genuine American hero."
A tour through the cave includes a brief ride on an underground river in a boat (which would-be emigrants once stole for an unsuccessful escape attempt to Florida).
3. "Bush had another brief spasm of anti-intellectualism when he stopped a question that referred to a comment from a Harvard professor by retorting, 'consider the source.