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Example sentences for: short

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

When Lucent recently announced that its quarterly numbers would fall well short of expectations, the stock dropped 40 percent.
The message has to be short and simple, like STOP.
Yet the United States falls far short of these goals.
I remain of the opinion, however, that the content is far short of the potentialities of the technology.
South of the museum, a short walk down Forest Road brings you to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.