How to Use short in a Sentence

short

1 of 3 adjective

• The movie was very short.
• You have done a lot in a short space of time.
• He is short for his age.
• Life's too short to worry about the past.
• She has made great progress in a few short years.
• I've only lived here for a short time.
• One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.
• He visited for two short weeks.
• Opting out in the short term can mean big wins down the road.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 5 July 2021
• Start by wearing them in the house or on a short walk around the park.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022
• The grass is short and flat, the trees are weirdly stiff.
  — Julie Muncy, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020
• The pilot does a lot of setup in a short amount of time.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 19 May 2020
• This, in short, is a book that gets a lot of things wrong.
  — Timothy Shenk, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
• Many of those yards and points have been piled up in short order.
  — John Holler, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 23 Dec. 2019
• Turnbacks cut trips short for half the trains on a line.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• If Texas is short on loose leaf, the south is here to help.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 27 Jan. 2022
• In the short term, this can lead to dizziness or fainting.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Jan. 2021
• If the back of the neck gets too short, place a pillow under your head.
  — Justicia Declue, Philly.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• Find ways to enjoy the journey because the goal is so short.
  — Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022
• Turn right and follow the road a short way, then look for a trail marker on the left.
  — oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2021
• But the loss of cars does not leave either team short on contenders.
  — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 5 Mar. 2018
• Your interaction with the front of house will be a short time.
  — The Washington Post, 10 June 2020
• Hair could be neither too long nor too short and had to be combed to one side.
  — Martin Wolk, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• That didn’t work when some of those irons didn’t always find the short grass.
  — Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
• Their hair is always worn long, the skirts short, sporty, and tight.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 19 May 2022
• This should be done in a short, quick back-and-forth motion.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• This is a recipe for floods, droughts and shorter rainy seasons.
  — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
• In short, power was centralized in the hands of one man.
  — Craig Whitlock, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
• So why has Peerless made such big waves in such a short amount of time?
  — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2019
• Schools that are short on staff or teachers who are strapped for time might skip lessons.
  — Gail Cornwall, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2023

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short

2 of 3 adverb

• He threw the ball short.
• The gains were short-lived, and the progress is now in peril.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2021
• Yet again, it was said that the strains would be short-lived.
  — Priya Dharshini, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2021
• But the glory was short-lived, as was the breakthrough.
  — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
• The run of bad news might have seemed, at first, to be short-lived.
  — Hilda Bastian, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
• Even that shot was right on line but just short, grazing the front of the rim.
  — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2018
• Self has had too many teams that were good enough to be here but fell short.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 30 Mar. 2018
• The pitch was made in an informal phone call and the exchange was short.
  — Peter Nicholas, WSJ, 12 May 2018
• The motor is very short ranged, in the region of a few hundred yards.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2019
• Both of those teams came up short in their quest for the championship.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2021
• The valuable part is that he can be used short, he can be used long.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2021
• Adult beetles are short-lived and active during the heat of the day.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
• Yet the wave of the most recent variant appears to have been short-lived.
  — Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2022
• But the good news was short lived for adult theaters like the Oregon.
  — Katie Shepherd, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2020
• But the joy was short-lived when Senegal scored a third goal.
  — James Montague, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• The shot was short, much like many of Leonard’s misses down the stretch.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2020
• This isn’t the first time Adam’s come up short before the show ends.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 8 May 2019
• That lead was also short-lived with a bad bounce leading to the own goal that cost them the win.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• Keanu Reeves' dabble on the small screen was short-lived.
  — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
• Still, the search came up short as no new evidence was found.
  — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• But the impact to crows was short-lived, Beissinger said.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• While a storm may briefly cool things off, relief from the heat would be short-lived.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Will Kirk Cousins come up short in the next big moment?
  — Paul Hodowanic, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2019
• Bullpen blows it, offense comes up short, bullpen blows it.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 Oct. 2017
• For his part, Giuliani talked a big game but came up short.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
• But in many places the tranquility has proven short-lived.
  — The Economist, 18 June 2020
• The Sweet 16 bid fell short when the shots wouldn't fall down the stretch.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 21 Mar. 2021
• Firefly adults are short-lived, with life spans ranging from a week to a few months.
  — Shreya Sharma, Quartz, 24 June 2022
• The other time so many things fell short, Ohio State lost.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
• This fall seems to be a season for short-lived new businesses.
  — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 7 Nov. 2019

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short

3 of 3 noun

• The short before the main movie was very funny.
• The child was wearing green shorts and socks at the time.
  — Staff, cleveland.com, 12 May 2018
• Here are the shorts to help you get prepared for the hill.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2019
• The shirts and tanks are longer in the back, and the shorts and pants have pockets.
  — Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2019
• The man’s hands were tucked into the front of his shorts.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2019
• The players agreed to remove their shorts for the game.
  — Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
• But that’s usually the case in the first day of shorts.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2019
• He was last seen wearing a white shirt and red and black shorts.
  — Isa Kaufman-Geballe, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• The famous tennis player and mom wore a crop top and jean shorts in the pic.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• She was last seen wearing a long-sleeve green shirt and black shorts.
  — Dana Branham, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2019
• Gwen looked stunning in a cutout top and fringed denim shorts.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2019
• He was last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt and black shorts with red and white stripes on the side.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2020
• Henceforth the baristas must wear at least shorts and tank tops.
  — George Will, National Review, 4 Oct. 2017
• In the doorbell video, the man wears only shorts, a watch and a cross around his neck.
  — Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Each of the Simpson children has starred in their own short.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 15 Apr. 2022
• The shorts, which are also black, have three metallic stripes down the side.
  — Sam McDowell, kansascity, 7 Feb. 2018
• Dig through your dresser for your favorite pair of shorts.
  — oregonlive, 8 May 2020
• This effortless two-piece polyester shorts set is so easy to wear and to care for.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
• The person was wearing light colored shorts and a dark shirt.
  — Heidi Groover, The Seattle Times, 13 Sep. 2018
• One was wearing a red bandana, gray shirt and black shorts.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• The photo shows what appears to be a male body, clad only in dark shorts.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2017
• Her short, slicked crop was accented by smokey eyes and a nude lip.
  — Priya Rao, Town & Country, 23 Oct. 2013
• He was last seen wearing a black shirt with white stripes, black shorts and black gym shoes.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 14 July 2018
• Greenwald changes into a shirt and tie but keeps on his shorts and flip-flops.
  — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Jan. 2018
• Your shorts will be embedded into your skin and would have to be pulled out.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, miamiherald, 11 July 2018
• He was dressed in football shorts and a tracksuit top that bunched like a paper bag.
  — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• There’s a sense of melancholy in all your work, from your shorts to your features.
  — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2023
• Bench hopes to make three to five animated shorts about refugees.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2019
• The tape will always trump any scripted workout in shorts and t-shirts.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Others were strolling through their work bare-chested and in shorts.
  — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024