Sentence example with the word 'shortened'

shortened

abbreviated, brief, close, condensed, curtailed, elided, mowed, pollard, sententious, short-cut, synopsized, trimmed

Definition adj. cut short

Last update: July 20, 2015


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While there remained much of the afternoon, the shortened days of winter dipped the sun below the towering mountains as the tired couple finished the loop, returned to their jeep and left for home.   [Please select]

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Judah shortened his step.   [Please select]

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"The time will be shortened," laughed Raskolnikov.   [Please select]

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Joseph, and so the terminal honors soon passed to Atchison since its westerly location shortened the haul.   [Please select]

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A full translation is a satisfactory source for this story, although the shortened forms by Havell or Parry are admirable.   [Please select]

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As one strapped on one's steel helmet and shortened the strap of one's gas-mask, the spirit of Ypres touched one's soul icily.   [Please select]

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The girl shortened the stems of the roses and put them in a vase on Katy's dresser.   [Please select]

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Let any one compare the wild-boar with any improved breed, and he will see how effectually the legs have been shortened.   [Please select]

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), closely approach each other in character, in their shortened legs and muzzles, their almost hairless, large, rounded bodies, and small tusks.   [Please select]

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But the more he cut and shortened it, the longer did that impertinent nose become.   [Please select]

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The Ingleside family promptly shortened it to Jims, but Susan obstinately called him "Little Kitchener" and nothing else.   [Please select]

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