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How to use brevity in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Brevity means the quality of being brief in duration. Example: “It is only the brevity of lifetimes that keeps us from appreciating the changes.”

Examples of brevity by meaning

nounThe quality of being brief in duration.

  • It is only the brevity of lifetimes that keeps us from appreciating the changes.2005, Bill Bryson, A short history of nearly everything

nounSuccinctness; conciseness.

  • A good technical writing style will now be defined as a style possessing clarity, brevity, and variety.1966, Jackson E. Morris, Principles of scientific and technical writing

More sentences with brevity

  • But I just couldn't do it, so I opted for brevity.2017, Jaime Primak Sullivan, The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl: Adventures in Life and Love in the Heart of Dixie, page 22. From the entry new phone, who dis
  • On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7. From the entry rim
  • Due to considerations of brevity, we mention only a few of these craftly written works.1981, Marjorie Agosin, “Edla Van Steen, ed., O conto da mulher brasileira. Sao Paulo: Vertente Editora, 1978. 251 p.”, in The Rocky…. From the entry craftly
  • Brevity is the soul of wit; and the fear of simplicity is the beginning of litigation."1912, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 5, in The Mystery of 31 New Inn. From the entry brevity is the soul of wit
  • His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity.2018 March 14, Roger Penrose, “'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry pronouncement
  • The magic of monostich poems lies in their brevity.2014, Anne Schuster, To the Islands, Siber Ink, →ISBN, page 76. From the entry monostich
  • The NAA’s cabinet historian, David Lee, said the most surprising thing in this year’s release was the brevity of the Bali bombing mentions.2022 December 31, Tory Shepherd, “Country of fear: Australia of 2002 was preoccupied with national security”, in The Guardian. From the entry naa
  • It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure.2012, Chief Justice John Roberts, 132 US Supreme Court 2677, June 29. From the entry immunize
  • Brevity is the Soul of Wit.2001 March 5, Daniel S. Levy, “In Brief”, in Time. From the entry brevity is the soul of wit
  • For the sake of brevity, we refer to a graded polynomial ring over a regular local ring simply as a graded polynomial ring.1998, Paul C. Roberts, Multiplicities and Chern Classes in Local Algebra, Cambridge University Press, page 270. From the entry polynomial ring
  • Feet wet: Fighter direction brevity code used to report that a plane had left land ("feet dry") and was now over water.1994, Paul T. Gillcrist, Tomcat!: The Grumman F-14 Story, page 196. From the entry feet dry
  • To measure one’s own activity, to make it conform to these standards of clearness, brevity and truth, is practically a very difficult matter.1912, A. Everett George, The Montessori Method, Frederick A. Stokes Co., translation of original by Maria Montessori, page 110. From the entry measure
  • The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry.1971, Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Arcihtects, volume 113, page 215. From the entry tonne

Meaning of brevity

  1. noun The quality of being brief in duration.
  2. noun Succinctness; conciseness.
  3. noun A short piece of writing.

Full definition of brevity

Questions about brevity in a sentence

How do you use brevity in a sentence?
Brevity is used as a noun. For example: “It is only the brevity of lifetimes that keeps us from appreciating the changes.”
What is a short sentence with brevity?
“Brevity is the Soul of Wit.”
What does brevity mean?
Brevity means the quality of being brief in duration.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brevity (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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