brief passage
Frequency: 6.89.0 per million words
describes a passage, especially from a text, of little length
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Examples (10)
- The professor asked us to analyze this brief passage from the text.
- She quoted a brief passage from her favorite poem to illustrate her point.
- A brief passage in the book explains the complex theory in simple terms.
- He only played a brief passage on the violin before pausing to retune.
- The lawyer read a brief passage from the witness's original statement.
- I came across a brief passage in the archives that mentioned your ancestor.
- This brief passage effectively summarizes the main argument of the entire essay.
- The singer improvised a brief passage of melody at the end of the performance.
- Could you provide a more accurate translation for this brief passage?
- The opening of the documentary features a brief passage from a 1920s radio broadcast.