Sentence examples for it just short from inspiring English sources

Chrysler turned in profits of $1.1 billion, on top of the $1.3 billion that it earned in the first quarter, putting it just short of its $2.5 billion target for the first half.

Keegan Bradley had  good run at a long birdie putt on No. 18, but curled it just short.

A reveler sleeping it off, tilting toward the tourist a seat away, and snapping out of it just short of resting his head on his shoulder — again and again.

That left her with a 30-foot chip for a par, but she left it just short, making a bogey that left her two over par for the tournament.

After Lucas Duda started the inning with a double, Davis saw two sliders — taking one, swinging and missing at another — before extending his bat's barrel on a belt-high fastball, ripping it just short of the warning track in right-center field.

Finally, we were all going to educate our children in the old ways, by entreating them with floury mommy smiles to beat together industrial dosages of fat, chocolate, flour and fat, cook it just short of the required time and go to bed with an educated gut-ache.

There was a post-prandial feel to it as it landed just short of a length and around leg stump.

"But it's not – it's just short of 3,000 women demanding what they're due".

It was unexpected, but it stopped just short of amusing him.

It's a huge, huge, kick - and it's on target - but it falls just short.

It expired just short of the can, but it was an hour before I could stop shaking.