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• 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.
• Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
• “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
• He gave a short answer to the question.
• a short supply of provisions
• to be short of money
• The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
• an account which is short of the truth
• Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.
• Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short.
• He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.
• I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
• They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
• He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
• The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
• The recent developments at work caught them short.
• His speech fell short of what was expected.
• We went short most finance companies in July.
• 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.
• 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
• Do you have that size in a short.
• Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
• The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
• He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
• The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
• 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.
• This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
• He's short common sense.
• We are short a few men on the second shift.
• I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
• That seems like a short view of the problem.
• The table is short by four inches.
• He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
• Mr. Pumblechook added, after a short interval of reflection, “Look at Pork alone. There’s a subject! If you want a subject, look at Pork!” (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
• I also saw making shorts as the route to learning about producing films.
• This pen is short.