| 1 | But, then, slang is short-lived by nature. | |
| 2 | But thecountry's experiment in democracy was to be short-lived. | |
| 3 | If the yuan, however, begins to move down, that applause is sure to be short-lived. | |
| 4 | But their strategy was short-lived, and Mackinac Island became the territory of the new American nation. | |
| 5 | The short-lived alliance served only to put a secular face on the theocracy in the making. |