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
Besides giving short shrift to Gadsby’s deft balancing act, this policing of genre boundaries does comedy no favors.
From New York Times
Our regulators are all too often deferring to foreign counterparts, citing euphemisms like “international cooperation” and “global regulatory harmonization” while paying short shrift to their obligation to consider domestic consequences in accordance with our laws.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
