Example sentences for: abbreviated

How can you use “abbreviated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Little wonder that foreign-born Israelis, especially those who were taught old-world manners, soon learn to parrot another abbreviated sabra expression: they describe the offender as having a Padas Pa(rtsuf) d(oresh) s(tira) a face that invites a slap.

  • Or take the state in which I live, Mississippi: should that be abbreviated MS , or is that for Missouri?

  • Having supplied members with a summary of those rules, the secretary felt compelled to append this note: "Please do NOT correspond with the writer about the ambiguities that are unresolved in the above abbreviated description.

  • "Just Before the Battle, Mother," one of the most popular songs of the Civil War, sold over a million copies in sheet music, an interesting thing to contemplate (or call for at a karaoke bar) as we await the debut of Talk magazine (as I understand it, an abbreviated form of the original title, Talk Is Cheap ) and the resumption of Tina Brown-mocking.

  • Despite the imminence of the Senate trial of President Clinton, the story got little coverage around the world, though it was the subject of an editorial Wednesday in London's Financial Times . The paper came out in favor of an abbreviated hearing ending with a "test" vote, which would probably be followed by a motion of censure.


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