How to Use the short end of the stick in a Sentence

the short end of the stick

noun phrase
  • Maybe Howard will get the short end of the stick?
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Not all bank stocks have gotten the short end of the stick.
    — Morgan Chittum,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • But the public is getting the short end of the stick.
    — Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And service members got the short end of the stick.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Some areas were huge winners from that shift, while some got the short end of the stick.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And at the end, the poorest countries ended up getting the short end of the stick.
    — NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Bermuda will get the short end of the stick from this shift in Imelda’s track and faces a rare one-two punch.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Granted, there are victims who are probably not bad people and get the short end of the stick.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • This leaves customers with flights that airlines are unable to sell– this could mean customers get the short end of the stick.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Regardless, Kuminga will be getting the short end of the stick.
    — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Gen Z undoubtedly got the short end of the stick when leaving college and trying to land a job.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Mayo was given the short end of the stick and let go after one season, a move that garnered a lot of controversy.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But invariably, these calls are co-opted by conservatives to demonize those on the short end of the stick.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Historically, the Velaryons seem to always be getting the short end of the stick.
    — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Cora wasn't pleased with Bucknor on Saturday, the Red Sox ultimately caught the short end of the stick.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least.
    — James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • With Denver backed up in their own territory and up two late in the fourth quarter against New York, at the short end of the stick relative to the clock, Joseph sent the house on three of the Jets’ last four downs.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025

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