Sentence examples for was shorted from inspiring English sources

I was shorted one dollar on a curbside purchase of wallets.

As a result, the government was shorted an estimated $1.5 billion in taxes.

The hearing was shorted so senators could leave for a series of votes on the Senate floor.

Those figures suggest that the federal government was shorted $5 billion and New York State about $385 million from real estate tax shelter partnerships.

No one yesterday could say for sure why Mrs. Tubman never received a pension even though she and her descendants had asked for one, or why she was shorted on her husband's.

"We should be receiving more information, being kept in the loop about what they are considering, what transfer options are available... and they should be reassuring us we will not need to repeat coursework we've already completed," said Davis, who was shorted $11,000 in student aid.

They're shorting themselves".

Time was short.

It was short.

Everything was short.

It was short-lived.