6 sentences with 'briefly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word briefly and other words derived from it.
• « Canaan's merchants traded throughout the Middle East, its craftsmen were renowned for their work, and it was even a group of Canaanites - the Hyksos - who briefly ruled Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. »
• « Amid the political chaos at the top, a series of revolts briefly shook the empire, but Darius I quickly crushed the uprisings and reasserted Persian rule. »
• « Over the next seventy years Ismail and his descendants lost control of the Turkish tribal confederation they had briefly joined, to the extent that the Safavid shahs were no more than figureheads controlled by Turkish warlords until the end of the century. »
• « Ignatius of Loyola soon attracted a following and was even briefly imprisoned on suspicion of heresy, as he claimed to offer "spiritual conversion" to those who followed his teachings. »
• « The Danish king, Christian IV, entered the war in 1625 to bolster the Protestant cause, but his armies were crushed and Denmark was briefly occupied by Catholic forces. »
• « Thus, in July 1794 a conspiracy of concerned Revolutionaries succeeded in arresting, briefly attempting and then executing Robespierre as a tyrant. The Committee of Public Safety was dissolved. »