short shrift

Example Sentences

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Known for not suffering fools gladly while on air and giving some callers short shrift, he was once satirised in Private Eye.

From BBC

Early surveys of opinion after the Budget give Reeves's plans short shrift.

From BBC

The EU were given short shrift by major producers.

From BBC

Where Mrs. Wexley really gets short shrift, though, is when she's in bed with Herbert, punching a pillow, which prompts him to turn on a light so they can talk it out.

From Salon

When his family was displaced from the village to the city of Dohuk, Ekram believes he got short shrift from both the Iraqi government and the church.

From Seattle Times