short shrift
Example Sentences
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Mr. Brown gives short shrift to Roosevelt’s unparalleled record on the conservation of public land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
The EU were given short shrift by major producers.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
“John Proctor” initiates a conversation with Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” about the way the suffering of women in this American classic is given painfully short shrift.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Overtures by anyone friendly to these groups—or, God forbid, members of one of them—received short shrift in the poor white sections of Durham.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
