Sentence examples for inch shy from inspiring English sources
One inch shy of the average height of American women, I lack sufficient flair; I'd just feel silly.
A dead-straight birdie putt on No. 9 stopped an inch shy of the hole as Tiger Woods glares at it.
It seemed like business as usual Saturday for the Ottendorfer library, a little East Village literary outpost an inch shy of 20 feet wide.
The hems of many of Mr. Jacobs's coats also fell an inch shy of the dress or skirt underneath, giving the outfit a thrown-on quality.
Mayor Curt Zimbelman said the river at the city's Broadway Bridge was just a tenth of an inch shy of that level on Tuesday afternoon, and it is expected to hit nearly 1,563 feet this weekend.
I found one and tossed it on, but it was about an inch shy all around and the flames flickered low only for a second, then leaped up again.
Beached, it proved to be a half-inch shy of the legal limit.
The wiry Mr. McEnroe -- he's a quarter-inch shy of 6 feet -- has donned what he calls his monkey suit: a sleek olive number less intense than his green eyes.
The BMW is 6.5 inches shy of its X3 big brother and about three inches narrower.
It's only about 4 inches shy of the Pathfinder and Ford Explorer.
It's a few inches shy of launching a fully-fledged romantic death cult.
