How to Use truncated in a Sentence

truncated

adjective
  • The Dodgers, with 76 such truncated starts, would blow away that record.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • To the right of the photo, over Kim’s shoulder, is a car that looks truncated.
    Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Neuqua won the team title at the truncated meet with 109 points.
    Kevin McGavin, Naperville Sun, 4 May 2017
  • The hope was that would be this summer, as part of a truncated two-show season.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • In a truncated campaign, Democrats hope this will be enough to get her across the finish line.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The new process is more truncated and designed to move a much larger group of people in a short amount of time.
    Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • It was done in a truncated amount of time and after the tourist season ended.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • It’s hard to glean clues about the state of the electorate in an August special election for a truncated term.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Rashed could stay and play for OSU during its truncated 2020 season, then do all the runup events prior to the draft.
    oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The truncated timeline of a runoff election doesn’t help.
    John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 9 Apr. 2020
  • This week’s links round-up is therefore a bit truncated.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2011
  • The novel’s long and complex plot has been hacked down into a truncated dud.
    Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Did the truncated spring reduce the head start the January arrivals have over the summer group?
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Consider the trunk, a truncated version of a boxer brief that offers the best of both worlds.
    Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In Spain, the gin tonic — a truncated form of ginebra y tonico — is a thing.
    Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • In its truncated first season, the show played her ambition for cringe-watch laughs.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Otherwise, the lineup and truncated rotation Lue used against the Hawks was a band-aid, one that's about to be torn off.
    Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Despite the truncated session, volume on the NYSE was 685.5 million shares, a record.
    Wired News Staff, WIRED, 27 Oct. 1997
  • The restaurant is divided into the main dining room as well as a bar that serves a truncated food menu.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Yet the show — and it 83 wearable designs featuring truncated tweeds and A-line miniskirts — seemed to lack in romance.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • There’s a truncated version of French opera cake, along with three other smaller desserts for $4-6.
    Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • New and returning shows are back on the broadcast networks, with truncated seasons in the 10-13 episode range.
    Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Ohtani is a top contender for the AL Rookie of the Year award despite his truncated pitching season.
    Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The Baird’s tapir resembles a silly cross between a pig and an elephant with a truncated trunk.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 July 2018
  • Most of the streets in your grandmother’s old neighborhood are gone or much truncated.
    Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2018
  • The truncated season leaves both teams out of AIA playoff contention.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Later that night, the team announced that Williams would return for a truncated 19th season.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The truncated edition has aired three times since its debut in 2018 — with two of the seasons acting as counter-programming to the Winter Olympics.
    EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Volquez was placed on the 10-day disabled list on July 7 with left knee tendinitis, one day after a truncated start in St. Louis.
    Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 July 2017
  • Eventually, the capsule would come to Earth—a small metallic thing, smaller than the smallest Fiat and the shape of a truncated cone.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024

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