Sentence examples for came short from inspiring English sources

Her breath came short and quick.

My chest tightened, and my breath came short.

Sunu came short for the pass and held the ball up, which dragged two Liverpool players in.

Joey van den Berg came short for an Ali Al-Habsi goal-kick but it felt like a risk for the Reading goalkeeper to play it to him.

Shevchenko came short, as if he was looking for the ball to be played in to his feet from the left-back, Selin, and then spun in behind, leaving Adil Rami, the France central defender, in his wake.

Versace wouldn't be Versace without a party frock – this season they came short and dripping in Swarovski crystals – but the first half of the show did indeed give the idea of daywear a good go.

Burrows's came short-handed, the seventh such goal scored on the Rangers, a league high.

It was the third successful try for Kovalchuk in four career penalty shots, and it came short-handed.

It came short-handed, off a brilliant feed from Dvorak, who somehow passed the puck to Nedved in the slot from the right circle while falling to the ice because Dave Scatchard had hooked him from behind.

The letters she received in return were slow to come, short, predictable.

"My dad didn't really pay the child support; he was coming short.