He emerged only briefly before the television cameras to urge calm, and that was 10 days after the unrest began.

He emerged only briefly from the board's Newark headquarters to announce that the state judge had granted a stay in the order.

The bright spots emerge briefly from a haze of desperation.

Separate, mid-level leaders emerge briefly, to be cut down by Israel and swiftly replaced.

Pollar emerged briefly from obscurity in 1966, at age 73.

He briefly emerged in early 1976, and was even able to take a few wobbly steps but slipped back into a semi-comatose state.

A few moments later, the moon emerged briefly from behind flying black clouds, so that he could take his bearings.

And the best stories are those in which real lives emerge briefly into clearer focus.

A lyrical strain emerged only briefly in the third movement, "Cantabile."

The moon emerged briefly from behind rain clouds, and swiftly retired again.