Sentence examples similar to a shy of from inspiring English sources

Either way, it's still a damn good buy at a cent shy of a hundred.

Marriott reported third quarter earnings of 22 cents a share, a penny shy of the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

That's just a couple of a million shy of the populations of Greece and Ireland, Europe's two problem children, combined.

Lap 23: Glock is a second and a half shy of Hamilton.

Jerkens died this past March after a short illness, a month shy of his 86th birthday.

Charles Darwin was a month and a half shy of his 23rd birthday when the HMS Beagle finally left Plymouth Harbor on December 27 , 1831

Max Whitlock has always been a shy kind of sportsman.

Once he recalled a runner who was a pound shy of his weight group.

Just a bit shy of a month ago, we told you all about Immersion's MOTIV platform.

Hugh Grant is just a fraction shy of joining "Two and a Half Men".

A week ago, he fell a single shy of hitting for the cycle.