How to use "brief" in a sentence

Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief Constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty

This would be his last brief happiness; after that, there would be only darkness.

"My summary of this case is brief

After a long silence, a brief clattering echoed through the house from another room, startling Vivienne

After a brief silence, the radio turned on spontaneously.

And everywhere in the gigantic casino, there were cocktail waitresses in brief costumes, revealing long legs and cleavage; they bustled here and there, back and forth, as if they were the threads that bound the crowd together.

Even after all this time, when she thought about Danny's last moments on earth - the terror he must have known, the excruciating pain he must have endured, even if it was of brief duration - she began to choke with sorrow and pity

Two slugs ricocheted off the body of the car, each trailing away with a brief, high-pitched whine.

Miss Halcombe wrote a brief letter, Sir Percival wrote the address on the envelope, and a servant posted it.