short shrift
Example Sentences
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Like most of the band’s biographers, Spitz gives short shrift to the post-“Exile” period after 1972.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Executives hoping for a sympathetic hearing for underwhelming numbers this earnings season are likely to receive short shrift and might have to brace for a stock tumble.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Daniel Rood gives short shrift to such “historically amnesiac tourism”; with “In the Shadow of the Great House,” he provides a provocative history of the plantation, one that spans continents and centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The EU were given short shrift by major producers.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
At the time, however, my report was given short shrift because of another related report with greater ramifications.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
