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How to use short in a sentence

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Their fur will hold air for a while, enough for a short dog-paddle, but beyond that their musculature just weighs them down.
I imagine her to be short and squat, but pretty feminine in a sickly flowery way despite her dumpiness.
It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so short, but I end up looking like a dumpling, or a pudding.
In short, humanity faces a growing global mental illness crisis of epidemic proportions.
There is about 1 foot of space between the table and the short divider wall that separates us from the bar.
Efforts to work with mothers-in-law and other family members may yield higher dividends in the short term.
Today an epigram is generally defined as any short poem with a witty ending.
An expected personal following did not eventuate and he finished well short with just 615 votes.
When she turned to walk back up the short sand beach to the dunny, it was as if she was walking on the moon.
Updike's short story lines up four episodes, all told from a different point of view.
The Thompsons lived in Langley for a short time, then bought an old house on Lonsdale Avenue and restored it into a duplex.
If your divots are short and deep, it's because you're using too much right hand.
In short, they all had episodic cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and normal chest roentgenography results.
A DNA virus with a short genome of only 3200 bases causes hepatitis B infection.
Dave was just going on final and I was low again about 25 kms short only to find myself staring at a dust devil just in front of me.
Everyday wear, especially at home, consists of short pants for boys, and dusters, loose skirts, shirts, and short pants for girls.
The kind of space that I want to create is one where men do not think that a short skirt equals consent.
The inspector ended up making her visit extremely short, and we were hardly docked any points.
A short 5 ps molecular dynamics simulation at 50 K and constant volume equilibrated the solvent with the LBD fixed.
Honest employees will also feel the benefit as they will less often be short staffed by a duvet day taken by their lazy colleagues.
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Examples from Classical Literature
If it was a footman, and he was short of tobacco, old Howlett always had half a stick ready for him.
The shooting-board can be used to advantage for short pieces, and attachable guides can also be obtained.
In a very short time, they had passed the great gateway, and emerged upon the surface of the earth.
In an incredibly short space of time, all but one of the heroes of the dragon's teeth were stretched lifeless on the field.
Julie Ince Thompson, choreographer, performer and teacher, died of cancer on September 25, 2003, a day short of her fifty-second birthday.
The Indian actress, best known for her role in Slumdog Millionaire, will star in a promotional short film called Two Bellmen Two.
We were not required to provide supercargoes, probably because of the trip's short duration.
He was at his storytelling best when he was in town as a part of Penguin Book India's Spring Fever Festival to read from Half a Rupee, his new collection of short stories.
This is supplemented by regular short training programmes run by the employing trade union, by the Trades Union Congress, or by commercial training organisations.
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