In 1994, soccer enjoyed a brief spasm of chicness when the unspeakable happened.

It was inconceivable to have come all this way, and to be frustrated by a brief spasm of bodily weakness.

But after a brief spasm of anxiety, investors drove prices higher for three more years.

Now she could stand and look at it coldly for the brief spasm of anger was finished.

When he opened them again he knew another brief spasm of fear.

This time, darkness, violence, desire have become matters to discuss calmly, and shown only in brief spasms.

Their prevailing serenity was occasionally interrupted by brief spasms of falls.

It was in the genes which might labor for centuries to achieve this brief spasm.

She suffered a brief spasm of hope that the North would sue for peace.

With the noise came a brief spasm of light.