in short
Example Sentences
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Crucial electrical equipment is also in short supply.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Top math experts are in short supply and their working hours are limited.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
Dunk and Egg’s odd couple adventures provide six too-brief episodes of respite and hope at a time when both are in short supply.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
GM, in short, deserves a little more credit for being a stable business with strong management.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed’s; she mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,—very intolerable, in short.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
