Sentence examples for which was short from inspiring English sources

She called him Cyp, which was short for Cyprian, his given name.

Hoomanawanui had one offer, from Illinois, his state university, which was short on tight ends.

Unlike the Pfizer study, which was short term, they followed large groups of mice for over three years.

Which was short for "Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set And Go And Do Something Less Boring Instead".

But Watermark, which was short on cash, stopped paying its rent, leading the Battery Park City Authority to take over North Cove.

"Nvidia has been a high-wire act for some time," said Marc Cohodes, a short seller at Rocker Partners, which was short Nvidia's stock for much of 2000.

One man volunteered to help the housekeeping staff, which was short-staffed due to the storm.

Said's Phoenix, which was short-listed along with the winner, Torday's The Dark Wild.

In Europa, which was short-listed for the Booker in 1997, his narrator obsesses over a former lover.

The life of another ancestor provided the foundation for the main figure in his novel "A Long Long Way," which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.

Solar flares can damage satellites and spacecraft, as happened to the Nozomi, a Japanese Mars-probe which was short-circuited by a solar flare in 2002.