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Meanings of brief span in English

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Usage of brief span in English
1
In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span.
Radio NZ
2
Mr. Arthur aged fifteen years in the brief span of his administration.
T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him
3
The lesson of his brief span of years gathered into his gaze.
The Mettle of the Pasture
4
A little longer, restored one; a very brief span of time.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
5
His brief span of life has yielded only scanty biographical data.
Halleck's New English Literature
6
This was a brief span into which to crowd a lifetime of love.
The Seventh Noon
7
For a brief span his success seemed to be without limits.
Art in England: Notes and Studies
8
An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time.
Lord of Light
9
A brief span, and life often so quiet and lonely.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
10
A fairly brief span of concentrated attention will usually produce only temporary and minor experiences.
Mastering your Hidden Self
11
The empire enjoyed a brief span of national life.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
12
Yet another brief span and you will be but a memory, while she remains Necile.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
13
The brief span of an individual life is misleading.
The Drowned World
14
And that was only during the brief span of his life on the old Earth.
Heaven
15
They were only passing a brief span of time together, then they would part, possibly forever.
Four dukes and a devil
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All within a shockingly brief span of time.
Phantoms
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