Sentence examples similar to short- from inspiring English sources
"So I'm guessing you're coming up a little short in the 'good role model' department.
But time is running short.
They know the bank they're trading with may be taking the other side of the trade (in the Abacus deal, for instance, the flipbook said that Goldman might be short the securities).
In the Runyon original, the tiny tot dances whenever she can, "holding her little short skirt up in her hands".
His heroism had been forgotten, but doing something like this means you give the person whose life was cut short another chance, and you acknowledge the part their life played in the next chapter of your family's story".
"The Queen today invested the Duke of Edinburgh with the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palacee said in a short statement.
Bowing the knee to Angela Merkel would allow Greece to get access to the short-term finance that will allow it to pay its debts, but it will be political suicide for Syriza.
Even perfectly ordinary trousers and tops can sometimes look odd because short people aren't just inflicted with short legs; we're short all over.
Rafael Nadal's searing honesty has always sustained him in troubled times and, while the Spaniard is perhaps a couple of defeats short of a crisis, he admits this summer has not been one of his best.
