Please hand me the short rope.

The boy is too short to reach.

His trousers were short, so you could see quite a bit of hairy leg above his socks when he sat down. Is this skirt too short to wear to a wedding?

Short hair is easier to take care of.

It's only a short walk from here.

That movie was very short.

Her speech was short and to the point.

The name "Betty" is sometimes short for "Elizabeth".

When I asked him if he could help, he was rather short with me.

We're short on printer ink.

He held a short position on the stock.

The short vowels are common in English.

I'd like a short cocktail, please.

I'm is the short form of I am.

The new leader of the party is short on charm; he'll never win over the voters.

The sight of the accident made us stop short.

The arrow fell short.

The outfielders were playing short.

The cashier came up short.

Bill produced a short that won a prize.

Crossed wires produced a short in the system.

My coat is a forty-two short.

Daniels is playing third, while James is at short.

I'll wear shorts and sandals, since it's hot today.

I don't know what to do, short of leaving.

The entire circuit shorted out.

Dripping water shorted the fuse box.

He shorted the stock because he thought the value was going to fall.

My company shorted me two days' pay this month.

We had to cut the vacation short when Jim broke his ankle.

The boy's grades fell short of his father's expectations.

The amount of water in the reservoir falls short of our targets this year.

He'd only lived in the apartment for a short time - about two weeks.

I'll have it finished in a short time – please be patient.

In a short time, the fire spread to the other buildings.

In short, the film is well worth seeing.

The strategy is likely to be successful only in the short run.

The long and short of it is that I'm pregnant.

The project entailed a huge amount of translation, but Audrey made short work of it.

The professor made short work of her student's rather poor arguments.

Nothing short of a full apology will mollify him.

His behaviour was nothing short of rude.

Her appointment was cancelled on short notice.

I'm sorry to ask you on such short notice, but I only found out about this yesterday.

I see the sugar is running short; we'd better buy some next time we go shopping.

He kept his answers to the police short and sweet.

Does he get along with his family? The short answer is no.

Please give us a short description of your new proposal.

The taxis are only a short distance from the train station.

I have a very short memory for people's names.

Supply teachers often have only short notice to prepare their lessons.

Short of a raid on the cookie jar, we won't have a snack.

Short of replacing the whole engine, there is nothing you can do to solve the problem.

I need to go shopping: we're short of bread and milk.

The weather's much too cold for you to wear short pants.

The sale will only last a short period, so we should purchase it now.

My favorite short-rib recipe uses ten different spices.

I like to show off my legs in the summertime wearing short shorts.

Her short skirt violated the school dress code.

He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas.

Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer.

My short-term educational goal is to graduate college.

During the short time that I knew Anne, she never failed to impress me.

This is just a short version of the full-length movie production.

I'll give you the short version now and tell you the full story later.

It's only a short way to the grocery store.

The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer.

The construction company put pressure on the council to short-circuit the planning permission process.

Bad weather short-circuited our plans for a picnic.

The revolt was short-lived: it was all over within a week.

Theodore wore a short-sleeved shirt to the summer wedding.

I can get very short-tempered when things don't go my way.

His short-term memory began to fail when he reached 80 years of age.

Don't try to short-cut this process; it won't work if you do.

This is such a time-consuming process; is there a way to short-cut it?

The book was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize last year.

The author was surprised when her debut novel was shortlisted for a literature award.

The test showed that Toby was shortsighted and needed glasses.

Congress' bill to reduce taxes on greenhouse gas companies was shortsighted.

The SARS epidemic stopped short of a global pandemic.

I was furious with her, but I stopped short of saying something I'd regret.

The builder ordered a ton of gravel.

Your essay was too short for the exam standards.

He was too short to join the basketball team.

Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short.

He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short.