Spring was coming and after it, the brief summer.

Shop and office workers who miss out on the best of the day only have their lunch breaks to enjoy the brief British summer.

The area has a dry continental climate, with brief summers and long, cold winters.

Already they were fleeing the brief summer of the land of the Ice People.

His vigil ended with the last days of the brief summer.

The rooms where she lived were damp, even while the brief summer had passed.

A brief Indian summer had flamed and was going out again.

Ever afterwards he would maintain that the brief summer of 1836 had cauterised his heart.

The rest of us know how brief summer can be.

At home, on Havrk, food had to be gathered during the brief summer to prepare for the very long winter.