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• His speech fell short of what was expected.
• The table is short by four inches.
• That seems like a short view of the problem.
• I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
• We are short a few men on the second shift.
• He's short common sense.
• This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
• If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat", "not" and "naught", we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well.
• The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
• He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
• The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
• Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
• Do you have that size in a short.
• 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
• Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
• We went short most finance companies in July.
• Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
• The recent developments at work caught them short.
• The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
• He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
• They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
• I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
• He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.
• Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short.
• Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.
• an account which is short of the truth
• The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
• to be short of money
• a short supply of provisions
• He gave a short answer to the question.
• “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
• Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.