How to Use short shrift in a Sentence
short shrift
noun- He gives short shrift to the author's later works.
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The episode comes near the end of the book and gets short shrift.
— Anne Barnard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019 -
In the rest of Spain, Catalan complaints get short shrift.
— The Economist, 1 Oct. 2017 -
Dylan was turned away for not wearing a tie, and the Rolling Stones had the same short shrift.
— Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021 -
Which is not to say that the English bakers got short shrift.
— Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021 -
But that gives short shrift to the rest of the park, which is stuffed with special places that aren’t (always) swarmed with crowds.
— Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021 -
For the most part, Mr. Corera gives wartime pigeons short shrift.
— Hilda Kean, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2018 -
And finally, don’t give white wines (and sparkling) short shrift.
— Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2022 -
Sylvie isn’t the only one of Marion’s friends who gets short shrift.
— Keely Weiss, ELLE, 4 Nov. 2022 -
And big men’s clubs sometimes give their women’s team short shrift.
— Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2021 -
Ironically, that last one gets short shrift in Baz Luhrmann's new take on the King, Elvis.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 June 2022 -
Even the valiant Marine and gifted writer E.B. Sledge gets short shrift.
— Elizabeth D. Samet, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019 -
The book heaves with corporate detail, yet Mr. Raianu gives short shrift to the juicier parts of the Tata saga.
— Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 July 2021 -
That means some queens are going to get short shrift in favor of the girls who are more adept at catching the camera’s eye.
— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024 -
Every arc is given short shrift, and most of the story beats are all too predictable.
— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 -
There’s no shortage of dramas during these years from which to choose, and some of the more compelling plots get short shrift.
— Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021 -
Neither the big picture nor the far more personal one gets short shrift here.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2022 -
The media is giving the CBO's analysis short shrift, but the news is great for the economy and the working class.
— Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2021 -
All too often, however, the work of women who choose to stay at home still gets short shrift.
— Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 -
Even among monument allies, the tribes got short shrift.
— Jake Bullinger, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2018 -
But this, frankly, gets short shrift, and feels more dutiful than inspired.
— David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020 -
Many critics gave the book short shrift, seeming not to grasp either its tone or its appeal.
— New York Times, 12 Dec. 2021 -
Some of the groups, however, argued that voters get short shrift.
— Anjali Huynh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Nothing gets short shrift here; the menu respects meat dishes and seafood equally.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022 -
Such characters often got short shrift in the theater, but not here.
— Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018 -
What's more, Apple customers have long complained that some Mac apps get short shrift.
— Mark Gurman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017 -
War, the crucial context from which the evil in the play naturally emerges, is given short shrift.
— Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022 -
But the gas-only LX and EX by comparison seem to have gotten short shrift.
— Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023 -
But Kidder, to his credit, never gives short shrift to the larger context.
— Richard Just, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Confounding matters is the short shrift that’s given to Ernst’s personal story.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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