The poet's intent, however, was not the sole meaning to be found in those three brief lines.

That brought him up short and he looked at the brief line of disturbance in the sand.

She leafed through the pages, searching for a few brief lines, and found them finally.

He scratched a brief line across the junction of the two circles.

Beyond that brief line in answer to his letter, he had heard nothing from Beatrice.

Apparently he was not without doubt concerning the manuscript, and accompanied it with a brief line.

There were a few brief lines of writing inside it that we read in silence.

They consist of four or five brief lines that evoke emotions.

His eyes lighted on a big headline, with a brief five lines under it.

Careful not to touch the letter with their grimy fingers, the men noted its brief lines.