Since the winter tasks were short, the brief days seemed longer.

That, and the memory of the brief days among the Tharks.

The brief day drew to a close in a long, slow twilight.

As if she was trying to make up for forty years of celibacy in a few brief days.

For one brief day he'd been a hero, and he would share those memories with no one.

For man's life is the briefest day, coming from darkness only to return.

Do you remember the brief days in the mid-90s when this was the ultimate top flight fixture?

Dying, it was more beautiful than in its brief day.

His tenure on the beach at Salerno was five brief days but he hadn't wanted to stay there.

Our brief few days of fall had relapsed back into summer.