To a casual observer my state could probably just as easily have been mistaken for a brief interim of idiocy.

Theodosius reigned (albeit for a brief interim) as the last Emperor of a united Eastern and Western Roman Empire.

In answer to the sign, a hueless mist came down from the high roof and hid the room like a fallen curtain for a brief interim.

For a brief interim, he could not remember where he was nor what had happened.

It was during this brief interim that she had planned her future.

During the brief interim, however, no one had spotted the arrival of Legrec.

During this brief interim, David decides to invest in a mink farm at the persuasion of Dan Dibble.

During the brief interim, Cranston had become his other self, thanks to a black cloak and hat that he whisked from his brief case.

Montgomery stepped away and in the brief interim, Julia whispered to her husband, "Why don't we go and say hello to our son?"

The door on the high side of Moe's cab flapped open, only to close again, disgorging blackness during the brief interim.