But, then, slang is short-lived by nature.

But thecountry's experiment in democracy was to be short-lived.

If the yuan, however, begins to move down, that applause is sure to be short-lived.

But their strategy was short-lived, and Mackinac Island became the territory of the new American nation.

The short-lived alliance served only to put a secular face on the theocracy in the making.