How to Use short shrift in a Sentence

short shrift

noun
  • He gives short shrift to the author's later works.
  • The episode comes near the end of the book and gets short shrift.
    — Anne Barnard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Those parts are given short shrift.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That’s not to say that the green goddess gets the short shrift.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Leaders shouldn’t give short shrift to soft skills either.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And big men’s clubs sometimes give their women’s team short shrift.
    — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2021
  • And finally, don’t give white wines (and sparkling) short shrift.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Which is not to say that the English bakers got short shrift.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021
  • To tell that many stories in an hour gives short shrift to everybody.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
  • But this, frankly, gets short shrift, and feels more dutiful than inspired.
    — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Neither the big picture nor the far more personal one gets short shrift here.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2022
  • He is obsessed with a singing career, but his delusion is given short shrift.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Every arc is given short shrift, and most of the story beats are all too predictable.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Such characters often got short shrift in the theater, but not here.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Sylvie isn’t the only one of Marion’s friends who gets short shrift.
    — Keely Weiss, ELLE, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Many critics gave the book short shrift, seeming not to grasp either its tone or its appeal.
    — New York Times, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Nothing gets short shrift here; the menu respects meat dishes and seafood equally.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022
  • All too often, however, the work of women who choose to stay at home still gets short shrift.
    — Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Some of the groups, however, argued that voters get short shrift.
    — Anjali Huynh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And yet, critics complained that the show was at times giving short shrift to breaking headlines.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • What's more, Apple customers have long complained that some Mac apps get short shrift.
    — Mark Gurman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • But the stop sign being held aloft by the crossing guard is given short shrift in comparison.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The techniques required to prepare and handle guns can't be given short shrift or learned in a hurry.
    — Rob Ackerman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
  • War, the crucial context from which the evil in the play naturally emerges, is given short shrift.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • As athletes we are taught to take care of our body, and perhaps the mental & emotional aspect gets short shrift.
    — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 1 June 2021
  • But Kidder, to his credit, never gives short shrift to the larger context.
    — Richard Just, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023

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