Wherever they went on their brief excursions she provided him with new revelations of her country.

Such pleasures are all too often missed by visitors who come here for brief excursions.

That brief excursion had exhausted her small store of strength.

But for this brief excursion, Ryan had chosen to go on foot.

Or sometimes I bring them in as brief excursions from the main narrative.

A shaking of hands and a brief excursion into reminiscence.

Man is a land mammal in spite of brief excursions at sea.

That is why Jessup has been seen on his brief excursions.

He said the times the plant exceeded its limits had been "brief excursions."

Rheims, its major city, makes for a marvelous brief excursion.