short
Example Sentences
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Four players putting out all the short putts could add 15 minutes easily to a 4-hour round.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
A couple of years ago Pierluigi Collina, Fifa's head of referees, was talking about added time and when it might be acceptable to cut it short.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Webcam viewers will have a short window to catch the two eaglets before they leave the nest.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Nerve cells engineered to produce high amounts of FTL1 developed simplified structures, forming short, single extensions instead of the complex, branching networks seen in healthy cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
But it had been a short relief, for moments later, that blanket was ripped away, a rush of cold shocking him back to life.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
