Sample Sentences for
short-lived
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    Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived.  (source)
    short-lived = lasting a short time
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    Relief was short-lived.  (source)
    short-lived = lasted only a short time
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    He knew that meant their mutiny had been short-lived, all three of them subdued in less than a minute.  (source)
    short-lived = lasting only a short time
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    Most nights the enemy would shoot pistol flares called 'very lights' over the trenches, short-lived stars suspended in the air from parachutes, meant to illuminate possible targets for snipers.  (source)
    short-lived = lasting only a short time
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    But in all the cycles of Trisolaran civilization, this type of civilization was the weakest and most short-lived.  (source)
    short-lived = lasting a short time
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    After pinballing around Southern California, and doing a short-lived detour into the skiing culture of Mammoth Mountain, California, she decided she needed a less hectic lifestyle and a more challenging surf.  (source)
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    Partly because she'd thought it would be such a short-lived deception.  (source)
    short-lived = lasting only a short time
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    But they were very rare and short-lived.†  (source)
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    His own surprise was short-lived, melting into an apology.†  (source)
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    The relief I feel is short-lived, shifting into another kind of fear.†  (source)
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    Dan breathed a sigh of relief, but it was short-lived.†  (source)
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    As I should have expected, my happiness was short-lived.†  (source)
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    Though my first attempt at it was pretty short-lived.†  (source)
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