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Meanings of brevity in English
Synonyms
Examples for "transience"
Examples for "transience"
1
The transience of students puts pressure on teachers and classes, she said.
2
The transience of the contents of art may be of two kinds.
3
He'd seen threads himself, watched their fluidity, and marveled at their transience.
4
Now that he was out of the service, he continued the transience.
5
As permanence becomes a possibility, pride in transience starts to look questionable.
1
The briefness of the lucifers was merciful or merciless, as you like.
2
But his counterplea when it came was of a disconcerting briefness and potency.
3
It was written practically during the battle, so you must excuse its apparent briefness.
4
Then suddenly the reply, beautiful in its briefness, but at the same time explaining everything.
5
The minister performed the ceremony with that briefness which consideration for a wounded person required.
Usage of brevity in English
1
The tones were gruff, and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
2
And then with equal brevity, I outlined the case against Victoria Garrison.
3
But the attribution may be due to the brevity of the narrative.
4
The record, of course, consisted in the brevity of her two-inch tail.
5
The single thing I work to attain in any gag is brevity.
6
There was something perfectly electric in the brevity of his venerable friend.
7
He noted the red brevity of her lips and their probable softness.
8
The Preludes are, in their aphoristic brevity, masterpieces of the first rank.
9
This I shall always call the conductor for the sake of brevity.
10
Though warned beforehand, they had not expected quite such brevity as this.
11
In the interest of brevity, I've chosen five sites from each category.
12
The quaintness and brevity of the sermon produced a very large contribution.
13
Literary men, theatrical people and sports figures are also partial to brevity.
14
The brevity of its contents vied with the curtness of its bearer.
15
What he first felt was disappointment at the brevity of the letter.
16
The story was told the Commissioner with soldierlike brevity by Superintendent Crozier.
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Brevity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common