Example sentences for: briefly

How can you use “briefly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He's (briefly) a slick but wholesome yuppie and then (interminably) Death, who takes over the young man's body when he's thumped by a couple of cars in the movie's most promising moment.

  • The classic structure of response spots is to answer an attack briefly and then shift the debate to stronger ground.

  • Briefly, the word dates back to jazz circles in the 1930s and ultimately derives from the phrase "in the groove," meaning "performing or doing exceptionally well."

  • The Communists briefly occupied an intermediate stage in the hierarchy of inefficiency.

  • Details of their treatment and outcome have been published previously [ 31 ] . Briefly, patients receiving radiation therapy alone were given a continuous course of 125 cGy twice daily to a total dose of 75 Gy.


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