brief reign
Fleeting time enthroned
A brief reign is a short period of rule or dominance, typically said of monarchs, leaders, or champions who held power for only a limited time.
The phrase often carries a note of incompleteness or tragedy: His brief reign ended with assassination.
It extends beyond literal rulers to anyone whose time at the top proved fleeting: The company's brief reign as market leader ended when competitors caught up.
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- flash in the panShort-lived success
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
shooting star · throne · monarch · boy king · dynasty · usurper · deposed · abdication · succession · coronation · downfall · puppet · coup · overthrow · heir · pretender · turbulent · doomed
brief reigngolden age
Period of peak prosperity
Augustan age · Elizabethan era · Victorian era · Elizabethan age
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