Sentence examples for shortened slightly from inspiring English sources

As Nicholls has shortened slightly in the trainers' title betting, so Henderson has eased.

I am reminded of a lovely exchange in Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time, which I've shortened slightly: "I left the class doing algebra," said Susan.

With Policy II, the number of thinnings was reduced, and the rotation length was shortened slightly.

The pain duration was shortened slightly after the intervention period reached to significance level at follow up.

The earthquakes related to the supercycle have occurred over at least the last 4000 years, and this recurrence interval has shortened slightly in recent years.

With increased loading, usually in the loading to failure phase, the proximal tendon shortened slightly and appeared to bulk up as the suture tightened, the accordion effect (Figs. 4, 5 & 6).

Telomeres may be shortening slightly with each cell division, but if so, the changes are too small to be detectable with this technique.

The course was shortened to slightly less than two miles after protests disrupted the torch relay in London and Paris.

The success of the demonstrators in breaching heavy security in the days before the torch arrived embarrassed the New Delhi police and intensified the organizers' determination to prevent disruption of the relay, which was shortened to slightly more than a mile from the original distance of about five and a half miles because of security concerns.

These shorten slightly every time the chromosome replicates, until eventually the cell can no longer divide, becoming senescent or undergoing "apoptosis" – the cellular equivalent of suicide.

(Please note that the advice comes from an 2008 Op-Ed by Maureen Dowd, "An Ideal Husband," but has been adapted for an English-language learning audience by shortening it slightly and including definitions in brackets for some words).