How to Use abridged in a Sentence

abridged

adjective
  • Even on the abridged menu, there are plenty of brats from which to choose.
    Ava Garcia, azcentral, 12 July 2019
  • Fuku will serve an abridged version of its menu to start.
    Hadley Tomicki, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
  • Here’s an abridged list of our favorite of his team’s ideas.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Here’s an abridged timeline of the key events that led to this moment.
    NBC News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • What is the abridged version of how to play the ultimate game?
    Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, 25 June 2019
  • That’s the abridged version at the top of this newsletter.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Here's an abridged field guide to life/work according to Tina and Amy.
    The Editors, Marie Claire, 16 July 2015
  • This is an abridged version of the full story, which is available at calmatters.org.
    Matt Levin, SFChronicle.com, 30 Dec. 2019
  • This is an abridged version of the full story, which is available at www.calmatters.org.
    Felicia Mello, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Fogel gives us an abridged version of the story that Icarus tells.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 June 2019
  • The stories are somewhat abridged, and at 3⅔ hours, the full collection is just enough, perhaps, to get you to the next pit stop.
    Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • Here’s a list, abridged, of the reasons why martini glasses suck.
    Marian Bull, GQ, 11 July 2017
  • An abridged print version is available for purchase here.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • But perhaps what is most surprising is that Perch’s dinner menu is so abridged.
    Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 14 June 2018
  • That was a highly abridged account of Sheriff Arpaio’s misdeeds.
    Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2017
  • An abridged version of this story appeared in the July 2018 issue.
    Carrie Battan, GQ, 18 June 2018
  • The menu at this location is an abridged version of the one at Dasha Barbours Buechel home, but Jaime assured me all items are made to order on-site.
    Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2019
  • This is an abridged version of an essay that appeared originally in the Horn Book.
    R.j. Palacio, Washington Post, 31 July 2019
  • Over the years, there have been made productions of this play, of course, although full-on stagings, as distinct from abridged school versions, are more rare.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • An abridged transcript of the best of Brady, entering his 18th season—and his first as a 40-year-old quarterback, follows.
    Peter King, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • That is the abridged version of Michael Ertel’s basketball journey.
    David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2019
  • On the chance that these questions might offer a shortcut for your own reflections, here’s an abridged version of my scribbles.
    Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • The following excerpt from The Feather Thief, abridged and edited for style, describes the Tring museum heist.
    National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The firm commissioned an abridged edition, altered and expurgated for the tastes of a primmer age.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • Still, an abridged version of the book began to gain traction in England, and Mr. Donleavy found his revenge against Olympia in a two-decade-long legal war over the rights to his novel.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The Pioneer Press ran an abridged version of our interview with Qualls Monday.
    Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019
  • Impressed and inspired by Luna’s repairs, Morris asked him to replicate Carey’s iconic frayed and abridged waistband on the same pair.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Here’s the abridged version: British sailors, while sailing to India, loaded up barrels of beer with hops, because hops were a preservative.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Waiting rooms fill up, providers scramble and patients get an increasingly abridged version of care, if they are seen at all.
    Pauline W. Chen, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Though she’s been known to rock a barely-there sandal, Emily Ratajkowski joined in on the closed-toe trend by wearing an abridged pair of ankle Uggs this morning.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2020

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