short shrift
Example Sentences
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Daniel Rood gives short shrift to such “historically amnesiac tourism”; with “In the Shadow of the Great House,” he provides a provocative history of the plantation, one that spans continents and centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The result was “a sea change in the economics of the malpractice plaintiffs’ bar,” Rand found, with cases where the judgment cap would cut too deeply into attorney fees getting short shrift.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
Mr. Brown gives short shrift to Roosevelt’s unparalleled record on the conservation of public land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
On Newcastle's Metro Radio from 1973-80, he set the template for phone-ins that gave callers short shrift.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
At the time, however, my report was given short shrift because of another related report with greater ramifications.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
