cut short

Example Sentences

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Every family dinner Joti Kaur missed or phone calls she cut short when her mother was still home add to the guilt.

From Los Angeles Times

Students left campus, cutting short the fall semester at the prestigious university, set atop a hill on the east side of the New England city of about 195,000.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Although Timo’s life was cut short 15 years ago, the circumstances of his death still weigh heavily on our officers who never gave up on his case.”

From Los Angeles Times

France's first outbreak was in the Alps in June, when an infected herd forced the Tour de France cycle race to cut short one of its stages.

From BBC

Perhaps it is a feeling of vindication knowing that virtually everyone, including myself, know someone whose life was unnecessarily cut short by incompetent, profit-driven, inadequate care.

From Salon