11 sentences with “brief”

The guide gave a brief and concise description of the museum.

The famous painter Van Gogh had a sad and brief life. Moreover, he lived in poverty.

The painter made a brief allusion to his new painting, which aroused curiosity among those present.

Between tears, she explained to the dentist that she had been in pain for several days. The professional, after a brief examination, told her that he needed to extract one of her teeth.

There was a brief pause, and then the following response:

2. The Flavian dynasty: 69 - 96 CE. - a father and his two sons who took power after a brief civil war.

After Nero's death, a brief civil war broke out. Four generals vied for emperor, supported by their armies.

The brief but euphoric period of contact between them in Europe at that time and shortly after the war created the opinion that Russians and Americans were much alike.

The mere fact that the Greeks had not been able to forge an empire except during the brief period of Alexander's conquests seemed to the Romans to be proof that they did not possess an equivalent degree of virtue.

Eventually (from 1225 BC onwards), Assyria led a brief period of conquest that conquered Babylon and the Kassites, going on to rule a united Mesopotamia before being forced to retreat against the backdrop of a wider collapse of the Bronze Age political and commercial network.

In 656 Uthman died, the victim of a brief Egyptian rebellion against the Arabs. Ali was elected as the next caliph, apparently ending the dispute over who should lead the Ummah. Unfortunately for Muslim unity, however, a significant number of Arab leaders disagreed with Ali's policies and chose to support a potential rival caliph, a relative of Uthman's named Muawiya, a member of the Umayyad clan that ruled Syria.