Example sentence - The lawyer had worked long hours on his briefs.
I wrote a brief story.
The sentence was brief.He looked at her for a brief moment.
Your question was brief.
i had a brief talk with a counselor
I am going to take a brief break for lunch.
a three day vacation is too brief for me
If there is a comma after brief there may be more to the sentence.
The colonel told me he'd need to brief us before the mission.
His answers where brief and evasive
the narrator began the story with a brief sentence.
It means the sentence is halted/delayed for a brief period.
"The definition was very brief to describe the word." I'm in 5th grade, so hopefully it helps!
At the end of the lecture he gave a brief recap of its contents.