Sentence examples for there was short from inspiring English sources

The Corner of the Upside-Down Christ is wholly nondescript (the legend goes that a shoemaker whose shop was once there was short on work, so, following local tradition, he turned a small statue of Christ in his workshop upside down to "punish" it for not sending him more clients).

His stay there was short — a year — but it directed his career goals from popular film to art and prompted a relocation to New York City in 1990.

In the first national survey of classroom science teachers, researchers found there was short shrift given to the teaching of climate change in public middle and high schools in all 50 states.

Although his time there was short, he built on the solid work of his predecessor, James Atwell, and made an impact not only in the Cathedral but also in the Diocese of Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich and the county of Suffolk.

As of Oct. 15, there was short interest of 24.9 million shares in the company.

This differs from a police ballistics witness who said there was short break between the first and second shots.

After fourteen days of exposure there was short-term delay of development related to increased concentrations of pharmaceuticals in the mixture (2, 20, and 60  μ g ·L−1).

His stay there was short-lived, however, as the major leagues, recently integrated, were eager to take advantage of the wealth of talent in the Negro leagues.

There was short-lived improvement, but in 1989, he lost his job at a casino, he said, after drinking and drugs caused his hands to shake.

His tenure there was short-lived, marked by a stock price that did not rise and revenues that fell to $585 million from $851 million.

The Count bequeathed his collection to Berlin's Postal Museum, but its repose there was short-lived; after the First World War, according to Sotheby's, it was seized by France and auctioned in 1922 to help pay Germany's war reparations.