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
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
Smith’s activist career gets fairly short shrift in the movie, although it’s an important facet of her recent life.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2008
Overtures by anyone friendly to these groups—or, God forbid, members of one of them—received short shrift in the poor white sections of Durham.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
