"brief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- 'Oh, sharper than a brief candle it is to bury a thankless child!'
- Parting is such a brief candle.
- But she was mortal, a brief candle, a butterfly, a bright burst of fireworks-lovely, warm, and exciting-but ephemeral.
- He reaches a crescendo when he begins to cross-quote Shakespeare, leaping from "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" to "out, out brief candle."
- "Goodbye, goodbye, parting is such a brief candle," said Goddam.
- Reed starts quoting Shakespeare, "Out, out, brief candle", dramatically reciting Lady Macbeth's monologue.
- "Life's brief candle, a moment in the dark / laid down beneath the blade of sound."
- Out, out brief candle.
- Days on this earth are short, a "brief candle" and an ignorant march towards a fruitless demise, "lighted fools. . . to dusty death."
- But she was mortal, a brief candle, a butterfly, a bright burst of fireworks - lovely, warm, and exciting - but ephemeral.
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