Below you will find example sentences with "brief moment". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Brief Moment in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: brief
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.4 words

Words in this phrase

brief moment

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • brief can mean: Of short duration; happening quickly. Frequent word
  • moment can mean: A particular point, or relatively small region. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

been a brief moment of chaos 1× enjoy a brief moment of happiness 1× enjoy a brief moment of tranquility 1× for a brief moment 1× for a brief moment as excitement 1× for a brief moment as he 1× for a brief moment in time 1× for a brief moment iraq seemed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for a brief 4× after 2 weeks 1× at the side 1× consummating a marriage 1× except for a 1× gba head steve 1×

Common sentence endings:

a brief moment 1× actually hear screams 1× are fighting for 1× dead zone forever 1× destined to succeed 1× during drinks break 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

outside 2× break 2× comes 2× enjoy 2× happiness 2× walks 2× new 2× things 2× seemed 2× row 2× following 2× respite 2×

Related phrases

magnetic moment brief period brief illness following brief emotional moment

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around brief:

brief period 7× brief illness 6× following brief 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

brief illness bridgewater associates bridge street brick walls brian wilson brian walshe

Just after it in the phrase index:

brief period briefly appeared brig gen brigadier general bright future bright green

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

brief period brief illness

Same ending:

magnetic moment emotional moment

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "brief moment" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as been a brief moment of chaos, enjoy a brief moment of happiness, outside, break and comes stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with magnetic moment, brief period, brief illness, brief period, brief illness and following brief, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with brief moment

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Except, for a brief moment, under Donald Trump. (8 words)

For a brief moment, Iraq seemed destined to succeed. (9 words)

In that brief moment, it felt like time stood still. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

India vs England Highlights: Ollie Pope walks back to a rousing reception from the Hyderabad crowd following his antics on Day 3, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah with a brief moment of respite from England's attacking display during drinks break. (41 words)

When you have the eye over you, there's often a brief moment when you can go outside, a brief break before the second half of that hurricane comes in. You went outside and you could actually hear screams? (39 words)

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. (39 words)

Question examples

When you have the eye over you, there's often a brief moment when you can go outside, a brief break before the second half of that hurricane comes in. You went outside and you could actually hear screams? (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

When you have the eye over you, there's often a brief moment when you can go outside, a brief break before the second half of that hurricane comes in. You went outside and you could actually hear screams?

At the side of the pitch there had been a brief moment of chaos as Peterborough’s bench protested the challenge.

Consummating a marriage that never was, we watch these two friends and old lovers enjoy a brief moment of happiness, manufactured though it may be, before Johnny walks into the dead zone forever.

For a brief moment, as excitement over “the Squad” and new progressive members took hold, things were different.

For a brief moment, it seemed as if XLM could replace its original rival.

For a brief moment, the clouds lifted and the entire word was at our feet, row upon row of peaks hazing into the highest sky.

GBA Head, Steve Ninvalle (seated second from right) shares brief moment with coaches and awardees at Mirage Banquet Hall.

In that brief moment, it felt like time stood still.

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In this brief moment, before the rise of the First Order, Coruscant appears to be thriving under the leadership of the New Republic.

Milosevic resigned the following night, and for a brief moment, Serbians were ecstatic.

Robin Cook, the UK foreign minister at the time of the court ruling, acknowledged the wrongs done to the Chagossians and for a brief moment it appeared they would be able to return home.

She expressed that the simple act managed to reclaim her happiness, if only for a brief moment.

Spawn's only in the comic for a brief moment, as he flat out ignores Sonic's pleas for help.

There was a brief moment of straw jousting to see who would get the last slurp.

The show comes alive for one brief moment when Szpilman is asked by the German officer to play.

They allow players to enjoy a brief moment of tranquility and respite before the bloodshed resumes and serve as a poignant reminder of what both they and Jin are fighting for.

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

Except, for a brief moment, under Donald Trump.

For a brief moment, Iraq seemed destined to succeed.

India vs England Highlights: Ollie Pope walks back to a rousing reception from the Hyderabad crowd following his antics on Day 3, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah with a brief moment of respite from England's attacking display during drinks break.

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