Dad, who appears at the end of each story to deliver a brief lecture, is a terrible pedant.

He must have taken notes all the way down, for, at one of our halts, he began a brief lecture.

I will not attempt, in a brief lecture, to discuss the political theory of Objectivism.

My response was a brief lecture about the far-reaching consequences of one's behavior.

He gave Barney a brief lecture on the clubs.

Whitey had given them a brief lecture on how to win and get away with it.

The tour finished with a brief lecture from Soterio on discipline.

His brief lecture, he said, goes like this: "Education comes first; boys come later.

While grateful, the taxi driver gave me a brief lecture on taking better care of my money.

Luckily Omar knew enough about the place to head off our stampede with a brief lecture.