Sample sentences for SHORT-LIVED

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Definition

lasting a short time

Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

short-lived = lasting a short time

But collective thinking is usually short-lived.
Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
Yours is a short-lived-but prolific-race.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
Usually such freshets were short-lived, but this one wasn't.
Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
But the unbridled happiness of the reunion was short-lived.
Karen Levine -- Hana's Suitcase
His short-lived smile was grim.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
But they were very rare and short-lived.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
But his good fortune was short-lived.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
As I should have expected, my happiness was short-lived.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
His lightheartedness was short-lived.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
She could have stood there forever with him, but the reprieve was short-lived.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
Shortly after this, however, there was a violent but short-lived quarrel, with loud talking on both sides.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
But our fun was short-lived.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
Then the enthusiasm of the Grail had burned the bad gasses of the air into a short-lived beauty.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
That way, he had realized back during his short-lived schooldays, lay only trouble.
Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book
Langdon's relief was short-lived.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
But my flight was short-lived.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
There was power in the ability to do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted to do it, but the pleasure was usually short-lived.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
With Riverrun now safely in Lannister hands, Raventree was the remnant of the Young Wolf's short-lived kingdom.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
A cheer went up from the Athena cabin, but our victory was short-lived.
Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian

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