Sentence examples for spent short from inspiring English sources

Mim spent short periods in Florida, Georgia, and Indiana, and lived most of her life in New York.

Convicted several times for possession of small amounts of marijuana and amphetamines, he spent short periods in county jails in California and Wisconsin.

He was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, and spent short periods in prison in the late 1990s for assaulting his former wife and his daughter.

But a more current internal F.B.I. database shows that Mr. Almihdhar also spent short periods in Arlington, Va.; Laurel, Md.; and New Jersey, an official said.

I've spent short stints in Accra in Ghana, reporting on social justice issues, and in New York, where I interned with OneVoice Movement.

"Isn't that amazing?" On and off for Ono's first seven years, her family spent short periods in America, enough to make her an outsider at home, a foreigner who "smelled of butter".

These figures are clearly dominant in relation to those pertaining to companies which implemented a lesser number of keys and spent shorter time in the program, which represents a confirmation of the proposition.

The findings of this study also reject the claim that less effective problem solvers spent shorter time in comprehending a text than more effective and creative ones (Csikszentmihalyi and Getzels 1971; Gick and Holyoak 1983).

Hill worked at the Profile House in Franconia Notch for fifteen years, from 1877 to 1892, and spent shorter stays at the Waumbek Hotel and the Glen House.

However, during the summer months, there was a reversal in selection to that against individuals that spent shorter periods in the plankton.

In addition to feeding and resting, orangutans also spend short periods of time traveling through the forest canopy, where they typically scramble by using all four hands and feet.