nutshell
Example Sentences
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To sum up their misfortune in a nutshell, Bradley was taken off at half-time after a knock for Isak.
From BBC
That right there kind of sums up my life in a nutshell.
From Literature
And there you have it: superlatives, in a nutshell.
From Literature
The dress was nothing if not governessy, and brown as a nutshell, too, although it was too big to be crammed into one.
From Literature
In a nutshell it would see the demolition and rebuilding of the city's existing Arts centre, the refurbishment of the adjacent Town Hall and the linking of the two.
From BBC
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