How to Use brevity in a Sentence

brevity

noun

• The book's major flaw is its brevity.
• Mike Espy resigned under pressure as Secretary of Agriculture yesterday at a news conference remarkable for its brevity and general absence of whining.
  — New York Times, 4 Oct. 1994
• So does the brevity of Vedder’s tour with The Earthlings.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
• And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence!
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
• Politicians tend to be long-winded, but brevity will be the name of the game on the crowded stage tonight.
  — NBC News, 27 June 2019
• What the Wings can learn: Sometimes the schedule — or just its brevity — is your friend.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2021
• Here’s what Bren had to say about the matchup: Answers have been edited for length and brevity.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 17 June 2020
• But yeah, the punk influence might have influenced the brevity of the songs.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
• There’s a brevity and a rhythm and an insanity to that.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
• Here’s more of what Mould had to say from lockdown, edited for brevity.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• If brevity is the soul of wit, as some wag once said, maybe no words is the wittiest option of all.
  — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Readers may want brevity, but the times call for nuance.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• The brevity of our lives contrasts the ancient movement of this body of water.
  — Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Such brevity was a trademark of each album by the Ramones.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
• Meaning, more than ever, short is sweet and brevity is a virtue.
  — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2018
• The brevity of conversations, the number of them—it’s not my sweet spot.
  — Laura Stevens, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2019
• Although the brevity is new, his trademark phrases and style are not.
  — Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• Here’s what a few readers had to say, edited for brevity and grammar.
  — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
• Here's a transcipt of that part of the interview, edited for brevity.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Despite the album’s brevity, there is no shortage of content to be picked apart and thinkpiece’d.
  — refinery29.com, 1 June 2018
• The questions and answers have been edited for brevity.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Over time, her grief led to a deeper wisdom about life's brevity and the road to happiness.
  — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• So this exercise in brevity has given me new things to write about.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2012
• That Reid died just weeks later is a reminder of life’s brevity and fragility.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• As a result, the only downside of this well-produce work was its brevity.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 July 2017
• The brevity of the CSRC's denial left global investors scratching their heads.
  — Clay Chandler and grady McGregor, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2021
• Some of the questions have been edited for brevity and clarity.
  — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2020
• Here’s more of what readers had to say (edited for clarity and brevity).
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• In a tweet Roger Ebert once likened the the 140-character blog to poetry due to its necessary brevity.
  — Alex Cranz, The Verge, 30 July 2023
• Notably, brevity is key to the song titles below, as five of the seven consist of one word and the other two comprise two.
  — Billboard, 29 July 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024