How to Use short of in a Sentence

short of

preposition
  • That’s the long and short of it.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the long and short of it right there.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • The world is still short of compute.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Anything short of that will not be good enough.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The car stops just short of the child on the roadway.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The scores made falling short of a win that much more painful.
    — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
  • That works out to just short of 6 trillion miles.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And there’s no easy way out, short of some smart lifestyle changes.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
  • And on the rugged ninth hole, his tee shot held up in the grass just short of the bunker.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Carson James was forced out of bounds just short of the end zone.
    — Ella Diaz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The difference falls short of night and day, though.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Coming up short of the highest heights, yes.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the tax falls short of the highway fund's needs every year.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 May 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean those who fall short of the mark are doomed to a lifetime of work.
    — Brian Baker Cfa, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Rollins' second run with the gold ends just short of 80 days.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Rielly falls well short of both numbers.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, Biden fell one vote short of hanging on to most of it.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • And the yes vote in the new poll, though short of 50%, was well ahead of the no.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The bass synth notes and kick drum hits sound round and full but fall well short of head-rattling.
    — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Is God Is feels like a film just short of greatness.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Its revenue fell short of forecasts.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • With a two-game lead over third place, anything short of that would be a collapse.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But the world is not short of oil today or natural gas.
    — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • At one point, his car rolls to a stop on a slippery road short of hitting a guardrail.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Maybe Machado has something short of this in mind.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But the state has fallen far short of its waste reduction goals.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Kisner found the rough off the tee, the rough on his second shot and a wedge came up short of the green.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Most love in the world falls short of that ideal, Renar told me.
    — Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes for a heart scan for a truck driver feeling short of breath.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024
  • That fell far short of what was required and expected.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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