in short supply
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Something that also struck me was the obviously slower pace of reporting, crafting a story over days before sending a dispatch, compared to, let's say, the internet's instant supply and demand for content.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020
In Sandtown, she said, an illness or death in a household brings an instant supply of meals, and a whole block will gather to see off a girl headed to her high school prom.
From New York Times • May 3, 2015
Another letter from somebody very high, in authority to a French general officer in Marseilles procured the instant supply of a horse for the Sikh trooper and two passes on a northbound train.
From The Winds of the World by Mundy, Talbot
Mary was aghast, and promised an instant supply.
From The Trial by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
