Brief
Brief adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.
Forever
Forever adverb - For all time.
Both words in one sentence
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Forever War: Although there are brief periods of peace, any given country is constantly at war with one other country.
Source: Literature / The Worm Ouroboros - Bottom takes forever to die as Pyramus, and Hippolyta complains that he's such a bad actor, he doesn't deserve to have his Thisbe take forever to die for him: "I hope she will be brief." Can be a subverted parody, in Thisbe's final speech.
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After a brief chastising by the guy you were supposed to be rescuing, you get to roam the five room sealed prison and watch him scribble in his book, presumably forever.
Source: Controllable Helplessness
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