All 3 Uses of
brief
in
Always Running
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- After the phone call, my mom lay on her bed, shaking her head while sobbing in-between bursts of how God had cursed her for some sin, how I was the devil incarnate, a plague, testing her in this brief tenure on earth.†
Chpt 2 *
- Chicharron and Shoshi weren't together anymore, but he held the legacy of their brief relationship in his arms.†
Chpt 9
- He gave me a brief, awkward hug and then shook my hand.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Brief is most commonly encountered as an adjective meaning "of short duration." Other meanings derive from the idea of short--as when making a long story short by summarizing it, or when wearing briefs (underwear).