I could not bring myself to speak, save for a brief sentence or two.

Three boys were convicted of assault and served brief sentences.

A better explanation could have been devised and put in a brief sentence.

After a brief custodial sentence he was at it again.

He spoke a brief sentence in Vulcan into the computer, then turned to her.

Then Cliff added a brief sentence stating that those men were somewhere at large and must be found.

On it was a brief sentence printed by a heavy black pencil.

In a few brief sentences he gave an account of recent happenings.

He made me read the few brief sentences that described his life.

When a stirring ran through the crowd, he repeated it, then followed up the word with a brief sentence.